Journal qualico's Journal: xTLD? Whats the future of Top Level Domains?
TLD, (Top Level Domain)
ccTLD (country code)
gTLDs (generic) (.com, .edu, .gov, .int, .mil, .net, and .org)
- sTLD (sponsored) (.museum, .areo, .coop
- uTLD (unsponsored) (.biz, .info, .name, and .pro)
specialTLD .arpa
The value of the domain name is truly incredible. The internet domain name business.com was sold by Marc Ostrofsky of Texas, USA, on December 1, 1999 for US $7.5 million. In January of 2000, loans.com domain name was sold for $3 million. Recently, in December of 2003, Rick Schwartz sold his domain name men.com for $1.3 million. Some of the people would never sell their names .name goes second level like .com 11:30AM EST on 14 January 2004
ICANN www.icann.org "ICANN's role is very limited," ya right!
To propose a new TLD :
$45,000-50,000 which is non-refundable regardless of outcome.
Come on, that's just a ridiculous money grabbing bureaucracy!
Whois database is a great SPAM engine.
Cyber squatting .pro - behind on its second level offering
- Third level domains offered by providing only subdomain names like .law.pro .tv - A Verisign Company? www.tv
- Example of squat, 3.tv $10,000/year
- Suppose to be country code for Tuvalu http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tv.html
Browser Behavior
-Name without TLD defaults
IE 6.0.26 - defaults to <name>.com
Mozilla 1.0.2 - Netscape search
Konqueror 3.1.4 - Google search
-Name not registered
IE 6.0.26 - Yeah.com
Mozilla 1.0.2 - Alert
Konqueror 3.1.4 - Unknown host error
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Now that I look back on this post from long ago, it hits me like a hammer that this stuff actually slowing the rollout of other names. Firefox should be interesting. Oh and if you plan on a domain transfer, its work, with money grabbing all along the way. $300 from Domainsatcost to transfer a name in redemption, when delays were the fault of the organization. No phone answering possible at any time of the day. Toll Free lines are none existant, so its stressful to watch your long distance phone charge climb into the a couple of hours of waiting with no response!
Finally the fax works, but you need 5-20 sheets of real big type to get a response.
WARNING: This will cause you to bang your head aimlessly against the wall.
ccTLD (country code)
gTLDs (generic) (.com,
- sTLD (sponsored) (.museum,
- uTLD (unsponsored) (.biz,
specialTLD
The value of the domain name is truly incredible. The internet domain name business.com was sold by Marc Ostrofsky of Texas, USA, on December 1, 1999 for US $7.5 million. In January of 2000, loans.com domain name was sold for $3 million. Recently, in December of 2003, Rick Schwartz sold his domain name men.com for $1.3 million. Some of the people would never sell their names
ICANN www.icann.org "ICANN's role is very limited," ya right!
To propose a new TLD :
$45,000-50,000 which is non-refundable regardless of outcome.
Come on, that's just a ridiculous money grabbing bureaucracy!
Whois database is a great SPAM engine.
Cyber squatting
- Third level domains offered by providing only subdomain names like
- Example of squat, 3.tv $10,000/year
- Suppose to be country code for Tuvalu http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tv.html
Browser Behavior
-Name without TLD defaults
IE 6.0.26 - defaults to <name>.com
Mozilla 1.0.2 - Netscape search
Konqueror 3.1.4 - Google search
-Name not registered
IE 6.0.26 - Yeah.com
Mozilla 1.0.2 - Alert
Konqueror 3.1.4 - Unknown host error
<br>
Now that I look back on this post from long ago, it hits me like a hammer that this stuff actually slowing the rollout of other names. Firefox should be interesting. Oh and if you plan on a domain transfer, its work, with money grabbing all along the way. $300 from Domainsatcost to transfer a name in redemption, when delays were the fault of the organization. No phone answering possible at any time of the day. Toll Free lines are none existant, so its stressful to watch your long distance phone charge climb into the a couple of hours of waiting with no response!
Finally the fax works, but you need 5-20 sheets of real big type to get a response.
WARNING: This will cause you to bang your head aimlessly against the wall.
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