Google getting into the new tld ring with extensions like .LOL

By: RH

Google came out with a blog post today that seems to be the theme of the day, "NEW TLD APPLICATIONS"

TheDomains.com, DomainNameNews and DomainNameWire have all been writing about who is applying for what.

Google posted:

In 2008, ICANN announced a program to expand the number of generic TLDs (think .com, .org, .edu), developed through its bottom-up, multi-stakeholder process, in which we participate. Given this expansion process, we decided to submit applications for new TLDs, which generally fall into four categories:

• Our trademarks, like .google
• Domains related to our core business, like .docs
• Domains that will improve user experience, such as .youtube, which can increase the ease with which YouTube channels and genres can be identified
• Domains we think have interesting and creative potential, such as .lol

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