"People surf the Internet in Beijing in 2007. Internet users should soon be able to use new domain names such as .love, .paris or .bank if one of the world wide web's biggest shakeups is approved this week as expected by the web regulator ICANN."
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees the assingment of domain names and internet protocol addresses that help computers communicate. This week the ICANN is scheduled to vote on allowing new domain names. This move would allow people to acquire websites ending in something other than the typical "dot" com, org, net, etc. According to the article, "Apart from the .com, .net or .org, the 1.3 billion web users will be able from early 2009 to acquire generic addresses by lodging common words such as .love, .hate or .city or proper names." Corporation names such as .CNN or .Microsoft would be restricted. Competition to acquire popular domain names has become increasingly difficult with the amount of websites available today. As a result, newer websites are forced to abondon the typical .com and create catchy names by using country codes, such as www.del.icio.us.
With this new proposal domain name restrictions will be relaxed, allowing any common word to be used. Although 2009 may seem far away for some, be prepared to start seeing a flood of new websites ith these new domain names once this plan has been approved.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees the assingment of domain names and internet protocol addresses that help computers communicate. This week the ICANN is scheduled to vote on allowing new domain names. This move would allow people to acquire websites ending in something other than the typical "dot" com, org, net, etc. According to the article, "Apart from the .com, .net or .org, the 1.3 billion web users will be able from early 2009 to acquire generic addresses by lodging common words such as .love, .hate or .city or proper names." Corporation names such as .CNN or .Microsoft would be restricted. Competition to acquire popular domain names has become increasingly difficult with the amount of websites available today. As a result, newer websites are forced to abondon the typical .com and create catchy names by using country codes, such as www.del.icio.us.
With this new proposal domain name restrictions will be relaxed, allowing any common word to be used. Although 2009 may seem far away for some, be prepared to start seeing a flood of new websites ith these new domain names once this plan has been approved.
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