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Sounds good, but there are a few problems for flowerpot.tn.us to consider. For example, under the current rules flowerpot.com can be a mom and pop shop with a
by run4yourlives 17y ago
Sounds good, but there are a few problems for flowerpot.tn.us to consider.
For example, under the current rules flowerpot.com can be a mom and pop shop with a national reach. flowerpot.tn.us? Not so much, especially if there is a flowerpot.ny.us. As people starting up, that would kill many of our businesses.
This issue gets even worse outside of national boundaries, especially for those of us who live in small markets but sell to larger ones as a matter of purpose. Take abebooks.com for instance. Abe started as a small, local used book store in Victoria, BC Canada. It is by all accounts a major niche player, having been acquired by amazon. I highly doubt abebooks.bc.ca gets half the American traffic that made it a success.
- nico 17y agoI understand what you are saying, but what's the best alternative? Should there be no country-specific domains then? Maybe instead of geographically-specific domains, we could have industry-specific domains, very much like what TLDs were intended for in the first place. It doesn't seem like there's a straight and simple solution for TLDs, squatting and the whole domain regulation problem.
- run4yourlives 17y agoI think the alternative is the status quo. In other words, I don't think "squatting" is such a problem that we need to go redefining the internet. Are all the good names taken? Of course, but apply a little creativity, and the problem goes away. We all know what delicious is and that name is a nightmare.