I'm getting fed up with all these new domain extensions (.com, .net, .co, etc...)
 

This is freaking crazy, the only people making money are the domain registration companies as people rush to this new .co domain... basically everyone who has .com has to register .co as a typo and to block someone else from opening a super similar domain. They shouldn't allow .co at all... same with .biz, .info, etc... they are all the same things just more money for useless registrations- there should be some way of fighting this- it's like they can hold the internet hostage. :mad: what's next, .con for 'convicts' and 'con jobs'- they should be .con. Bastards. :down:

If you own a name you should own all the extensions, you choose if you use .com or .net or whatever for your own needs, but no one should be able to register a .something else if you own a .com... Plus squatting has to be stopped, if you own a domain it must be developed within x months or you lose it, and just advertising doesn't count- there must be content.

Says the person with a '.net' :p

Oh I know... but I only have a .net because a squatter has the .com and refuses to sell it for less than $20,000... he's had it for years (and will have it for years) but is convinced it will bring him big bucks.

lol $20k?

But by your 'rules' there you would not be able to buy that name ;)

jus' sayin'...

:D

By my rules no one would have owned JUOT.com because no one has had a valid reason to develop it, and if they did I would have picked a different name from the start.

Toche <-- don't know how to make the little whosie on the e on my phone :D

You can get a .juot domain extension, exclusively for you.

In that case I choose www.dot.juot (easy to say).

I think the main reason new extensions come about is because countries want their own.
I wouldn't worry about buying every extension (at least, I don't) if you get the top ones you should be good. (.com .org .net)
If you're trying to target another country outside of the US, this would be different.. then you would want the .co.uk or whatever it may be.

I certainly don't let it get me worked up over it :)
nice looking forums btw, I like the icons in the header

The other counties I can maybe understand... the one thatv really set me off was .co though, for 'corporations' or such... why do we need .co and .com? Seems like just a way to milk money out of .com'ers.

Thanks for the comments... half my users hate them so I need to keep a 'very basic' style without them... can never please everyone. ;)

.co is the country code for Columbia. Please check your facts.

Edit: AFAIK are all 2 character TLD's by definition country codes.

I believe you are mistaken, or at least GoDaddy and network solutions are mis-representing this extension... also I'm pretty sure I read a news article confirming .co was for company/corporation.

Article: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/p...e,1387003.html
Current GoDaddy homepage:

You shouldn't base your opinion on what is written on unofficial pages. ;)

There is only 1 official page for this, the IANA Root Zone Database: http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db

IANA is the organization within ICANN that assigns TLD's.

That some might want to misuse country TLD's is not something new. For example .TV is hardly used by companies or individuals based in Tuvalu but more for television related sites.

well if that page is "official" its missing alot domains :)

edit nvm am wrong :P .uk is there but not co.uk :P

Well I must say I am shocked... For GoDaddy and worse, Network Solutions to advertise this as a 'new' product and even charge ridiculous pre-registration fees is crazy- class action lawsuit crazy... I also fault the media for not pointing this out as there were hundreds or articles on the 'new' 'release' of this domain with no mention it had always been there for Columbia. Very upsetting,

A little history of it

http://www.iana.org/reports/2009/co-...24nov2009.html

Nice site by the way

Interesting read... and thanks. :)

Marketing tactics shouldn't be confused with actual intended use. Anyone can register a .co probably (like many of the other extensions).

GoDaddy isn't doing anything but trying to target a larger audience with the extension, and since it's a capitalistic world they work in, they're free to do that.

The only way to do anything about it, is use another registrar like Namecheap.

From the ICANN info it seems like they had to allow (or at least not prohibit) the general use of .co outside Columbia... I guess the 'blame' here is on Columbia for 'whoring out' its TLD simply because it's so close to .com... I guess the ICANN people should have thought about this before assigning .co to begin with but who can really blame them- who would have thought domain names were going to be such big business... Columbia just got lucky.

That they did, but generally speaking they don't get as much value as the .com does. Sure they'll be a few exceptions and factors that go in it, but 9/10 times a XXXX.com will sell for considerably more than a XXXX.whatever

gotta like the aussie .com.au domain , need to be a registered business to get hold of one

Matt Mullenweg owns Ma.tt

Not sure what the post about Matt has to do with this discussion?

it's a cool domain name

Well I sold out and bought juot.co just to have it, but I didn't like it.