New gTLDs – A Newbie’s Perspective As ACRO commented last week on a post at TheDomains.com, “Those that blindly support a crazy-priced gTLD extravaganza are equally clueless as those that fully refuse to partake in the new namespace expansion.” The majority of ‘successful’ domainers out there all seem to have indicated that they’ll likely dabble […]
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New Top Level Domains – Worth the Investment ?
By: Raymond Hackney Here is a video with a Cleveland web design firm that feels their clients will not need to register new gtlds as it will be an administrative nightmare and a waste of money. Stick with one extension and make it work was their advice. This is an interesting video from the standpoint […]
Continue ReadingTheNextWeb.com asks “With so many new top level domains launching, what should your strategy be”
By: Raymond Hackney TheNextWeb.com did a piece today on the coming new gTlds, "With so many new top level domains launching, what should your strategy be?" The article did get viewpoints from both sides of the aisle. On the New gTlds are the future side: But why are gTLDs relevant? Elisa Cooper, director of product […]
Continue ReadingFrank Schilling and Why He Likes Dot Link
By: Raymond Hackney In a series that ICANN has put out talking to different registry owners, Frank Schilling discusses .link. Interesting that Frank sees .link as a better .info with mass market appeal. He also wants to put it out at $3 to $5. Link is the 21st most popular keyword on the Internet by […]
Continue ReadingBlake Irving CEO Go Daddy Talks About the New Gtlds
By: Raymond Hackney Blake Irving sat down with AZ TechBeat and discusses the new gtlds. Irving starts out talking about how there is a lot of domain name pollution, that his kids think .fail is awesome and that no one uses the address bar and instead of everyone goes to Google. The video is 4 […]
Continue ReadingNew gTLD Experience With 1and1.com
New gTLDs Getting Ready to Roll Out According to 1and1.com Well, looks like the future is upon us, as we get closer to the roll-out of new gTLDs. After listening to the hub-bub at TRAFFIC about the new gTLDs, I decided that it couldn’t hurt to strategically pre-order some names in the new gTLDs. In […]
Continue ReadingBloomberg: ” Harvard.xxx a Brand Cautionary Tale as Web Adds New Names”
By: Raymond Hackney Bloomberg is out with a piece today about how .xxx is a look into how corporations and other brands will have to protect themselves when new gtlds are available. From the article: Harvard University paid as much as $299 to register the last time the World Wide Web’s global overseer added a […]
Continue ReadingWill Anyone Care About The Classification of an Extension in the Future ?
In a world of 1000 new tlds is it safe to say that all domain extensions will be looked at as one specification ? The public has no idea between a gtld, cctld, repurposed cctld or a sponsored gtld. Some will point out there is still a risk that the country who was delegated those […]
Continue Reading” I can’t wait to register web.site”
By: RH I was out about a week ago with a couple guys who are not in the domaining industry but work in tech. They were both aware of the new gtld rollout and surprisingly excited. I asked what was it that they were excited about ? The first guy said that he could finally […]
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