I've been told that Adult sites applied for .sex, .porn, and .sucks
.Sucks
And that made me laugh. I like to laugh, so bring on more tld's.
.Sucks
And that made me laugh. I like to laugh, so bring on more tld's.
Poll: The New Domain Suffixes
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I appreciate that, but as it stands most companies will want .com or .co.wherever, rather than .net rather than .org; didn't realise .xxx actually materialised, I knew they were talking about it for a while.evilneko said:.fi is the country TLD for Finland, so that's kinda taken already.GonvilleBromhead said:.xxx already exists. .org is, ostensibly, for non-profits, in practice not so much. The current system actually isn't as you describe either. Anyone anywhere can get a .com, whether they're a commercial entity or not, similarly I can get a .net without having anything to do with being an actual network. Even country codes aren't reliably descriptive (how many .tv and .ly domains are actually hosted in Tuvalu and Libya?) Heck, the only reliably accurate TLD is .gov.
.fi was just an example. .fin or .bank or .mh (money hole) would do equally well
Sorry but it can be used to trick people into thinking that the site is secure and the average internet user will easily get confused on true and boogie Suffixes. The current use of SSL certificates are doing just fine to be honest.
A typo like ".bnk" or ".bqnk" instead of ".bank" would be used easily to mislead vulnerable users.
A typo like ".bnk" or ".bqnk" instead of ".bank" would be used easily to mislead vulnerable users.
Why do I get the feeling that .sucks is going to be used more by haters and disappointed fans than actual porn? masseffect3ending.sucks... Good job that domain didn't exist during all that furore a couple of months back!Easton Dark said:
OT: Eh, why not? I doubt they'll be used for more than some specialist applications, in the same way the country-specific domains are. Plenty of UK businesses cut to the chase and just use a .com URL as their main website. .xxx will make it a bit easier ISP porn filters, at least =P
SSL is not so easily tricked. Besides, I believe it would be very fast and easy to find out who owns the .bnk top level domain. It's like trying to scam people but doing so in your home while handing them your real CV - you can fool them but they also know who you are. Finally, would somebody really throw obscene amounts of money to try to do something that's likely to backfire? This is the Internet, you know - even if for every thousand or ten thousand clueless users there was only one "in the know", there would still be not enough time for his scheme to cover the expenses.mad825 said:
It has the potential to be seriously useful, I'm totally in favour of more suffixes as long as we handle them properly, which shouldn't be a problem considering we've already added suffixes without issue in the past.
Interesting results in the tally.
1) More permutations of letters allows for more addresses in the long run. What will the internet look like in 100 years (if still being used). Adding a limiting design flaw could create problems later on (Y2K anyone?).
2) Most people are not aware of the keyboard shortcuts, or even take notice of the suffixes in general. They will use a search engine such as Google and click the link without looking at the address bar.
3) Once you've been to a website once you only need to type in the first few letters of it again to get back there because it comes up in the history list. For that matter, bookmark it.
4) Various companies may share very similar copyrights. For example: expecting a Bank called ComBank to rename their website ComBank2.com would be unreasonable to expect seeming as there is already a bank called Commonwealth Bank. Although this may initially cause confusion and people to go to the wrong website because they forgot the .org instead of the .com, people will simply rectify the mistake by using the search engine properly.
5) What about countries? .au .nz .uk and so on. Do these suffixes need to be destroyed as well? What if I'm looking for a specific category or a certain nations websites? You will find if you do this that there won't be enough web addresses that make sense if you only stick to .com (America).
1) More permutations of letters allows for more addresses in the long run. What will the internet look like in 100 years (if still being used). Adding a limiting design flaw could create problems later on (Y2K anyone?).
2) Most people are not aware of the keyboard shortcuts, or even take notice of the suffixes in general. They will use a search engine such as Google and click the link without looking at the address bar.
3) Once you've been to a website once you only need to type in the first few letters of it again to get back there because it comes up in the history list. For that matter, bookmark it.
4) Various companies may share very similar copyrights. For example: expecting a Bank called ComBank to rename their website ComBank2.com would be unreasonable to expect seeming as there is already a bank called Commonwealth Bank. Although this may initially cause confusion and people to go to the wrong website because they forgot the .org instead of the .com, people will simply rectify the mistake by using the search engine properly.
5) What about countries? .au .nz .uk and so on. Do these suffixes need to be destroyed as well? What if I'm looking for a specific category or a certain nations websites? You will find if you do this that there won't be enough web addresses that make sense if you only stick to .com (America).
Google want it primarily for semantic searching. Knowing what kinds of business take up certain suffixes allows them to index and categorise the web much easier than now.PsykoDragon said:
The .XXX suffix for porn websites seems like a good idea. At least you know what you're getting into.