Dot.anything to take over internet: Expert

[me.mello]

O parere?

So long dot.com. The easy way to consult the internet will soon be via "dot.anything".

In a worldwide internet revolution to be announced next month, web addresses will expand beyond dot.com, with governments, businesses and entrepreneurs expected to rush to apply for signature domain names.

The move will reduce confusion and cut reliance on search engines like Google, Australian expert Adrian Kinderis says.

"Ultimately, this will be a new way we use the internet," said Mr Kinderis, CEO of the domain name registry services provider AusRegistry International.

"Rather than a dot.com boom, it's now a dot.anything boom."

The so-called Top-Level Domain program will be ratified by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in Singapore on June 20, followed by a four-month global communication campaign.

After that will come a 60-day window to apply for a Top-Level Domain name, which will come at a cost of $US185,000 ($A174,388) to discourage frivolous applications.

The first Top-Level Domain names will most likely come into effect by the middle of next year.

Trademark holders will be protected when applying for a domain name, while no one will be allowed to apply for a city name, such as .Melbourne, without written approval from the relevant government.

A problem will occur when there is more than one city with the same name.

The government of Melbourne, Florida, in the United States, could potentially be pitted against the Australian federal government for ownership of the domain name.

If this occurs, the domain name will most likely be auctioned to the highest bidder, Mr Kinderis told AAP.

Entrepreneurs are also jumping on the bandwagon with the hope of registering generic domain names such as .music.

"You're cutting the internet into finer and finer slithers of more targeted and relevant content, which is really what end users are screaming out for," said Mr Kinderis, who sits on one of ICANN's advisory panels.

While Mr Kinderis has not sounded the death knell for search engines like Google - "It would take a very brave man to do that" - he believes there will be serious implications.

"Search engines have come around to sort out this clutter of everything that's in this big bucket called dot.com," he said, adding that dot.com would still be relevant.

Under the new system, users will be brought straight to their destination without having to use a search engine.

"Imagine bypassing Google because you knew you could go to 'restaurants.sydney' or 'bars.sydney' and find every restaurant and bar listed on those sites.

"You would imagine our reliance upon Google to walk through this labyrinth is diminished."

A Google Australia spokeswoman declined to comment on the impact Top-Level Domain names may have on the search engine.

Hundreds of international organisations have publicly signalled their intent to apply for their own brand, including Deloitte, Canon and Motorola, but Mr Kinderis fears Australia is lagging behind.

"My fear in Australia is some of our brands who are multinational, the bigger brands who have the financial wherewithal and interest to want to participate, don't know about it," Mr Kinderis said.

The new domain names are "not a matter of if, but when, and we need to be prepared," he added.

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Nu am stat sa citesc toata gargara.

Parerea mea despre .orice este ca nu neaparat reduce confuzia.

Acum iarasi o sa fie o masa imensa de oameni care vor cumpara domenii pentru profit ulterior. Faptul ca domeniile aveau o limitare le conferea si o oarecare valoare.

Acum valoarea domeniilor va scadea dramatic. Doar cateva.. tiny amount vor avea importanta majora iar acelea vor fi rezervate din timp de owneri.

Uneori, un om daca stia numele domeniului incerca TLD-urile .com, .ro, .org, .net pana nimerea site-ul dorit. Acum va fi mult mai greu.

Trebuie sa existe ceva tipizat pana la urma.

Exista si avantaje.

Libertate mai multa, creativitate in denumiri.

Nu mai e nevoie daca te cheama Cornel Ionut sa-ti faci www.cornel-ionut.ro . Poti www.cornel.ionut

Ca predictie, consider ca tot domeniile standard vor avea cea mai mare valoare pe viitor. Mai ales .com

E greu sa schimbi mentalitatea a 1 miliard de persoane care navigheaza pe internet.

[LE]

Nu sunt contra doar ca nu cred ca va avea un impact pozitiv atat de mare precum se presupune.

Si iarasi nu cred ca vor fi scoase search engine-urile din ecuatie...

[Dragos]

Poti folosi tot cele standard pentru a-ti personaliza linkul daca stii cum.

De exemplu, acum cateva zile am dat de site-ul c.la care iti ofera subdomeniu personal si redirect la alt site. Asa mi-am facut sfe.c.la.

[me.mello]

ma da stau sa ma gandesc la anumite domenii cum ar fi .wtf .l33t chestii de genu care for fi standard....ma gandesc cati bani poti face cu chestii de genu

Deocamdata cam asa e, confuz...totusi daca stai sa te gandesti...ideile de azi pot fi standardele de maine si pe cat ai vinde un domeniu de gen....ma gandesc ca nu toti vor face firme de cumparare a domeniului .rst....sau exista posibilitatea sa il cumperi...dar mai multe persoane sa isi poata face....ionut.rst

De asta ce ziceti?

[me.mello]

Da dar trebuie sa te gandesti...un motor de cautare gen google, yahoo sau marile companii vor avea probabil .microsoft .google etc..asta probabil va fi un inceput...si sa fim seriosi ei si-ar putea face host gratuit sau cu plata pe domenii gen .yahoo .y7 sa zicem.