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Domain Name Class Issues

by Bret Fausett at 08:06AM (PST) on January 16, 2006 | Permanent Link | Digg This

From the Edinburgh Evening News: "The bulk of Britain's small businesses have snubbed the .tv and .biz internet suffixes introduced in 2000, branding them either 'cheap' or 'unprofessional'. A survey of SMEs found they had less credibility than the more established generic top level domain (TLD) identifications such as .com and .co.uk....."

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Re: Domain Name Class Issues

by cambler on Mon 16 Jan 2006 09:04 AM PST | Profile | Permanent Link

So we've known this for better than a decade now. And since about 1998, I've had a business plan on-paper with what I believe is a way to overcome this issue for any TLD. Of course, I intend to use that plan for .Web, and have intended to do so for the past eight years now.

I'm actually very surprised nobody's thought of it yet, especially .info or .biz (or even .us!) because it would almost certainly increase their registrations as a direct result.

But... since I'm being prevented from competing, the idea hasn't seen the light of day.