Yeah, thought about it.  Personal point of view is: I can't see the .com age
become the .biz age.  .com is still the most important one, by far, and I
think it will stay this way for a long time to come.  I don't think .biz and
whatever follows will be so important.  Especially since the major companies
will be prepared and already have their names reserved.  I don't think
you'll ever have a chance of registering www.coca-cola.biz


- Kayjey -



> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]Namens Mike Kear
> Verzonden: donderdag 6 september 2001 5:49
> Aan: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Onderwerp: .Biz domains - what are the issues?
> 
> 
> I have been asked by a small but international client for my 
> view on the new 
> .biz domain names, and to my shame I hadn't really thought 
> about it much.  
> So I've tried to think through all the issues involved, and 
> would appreciate 
> the views of this list on the matter.
> 
> What do you think needs to be considered about 
> pre-registering .biz or .shop 
> or whatever domains?
> 
> Here's what I've listed so far .....
> 
> (1) .biz domains are global, so when you've got a name you've got it 
> worldwide, whereas .com, .co.nz, .com.au, .co.uk etc aren't.
> 
> (2)  If you don't pre-register your name in the .biz domain, 
> someone else 
> can end up taking your name.  This might or might not be a 
> problem depending 
> on how important the .biz domains become.   Do you guys think 
> that these new 
> domains will ultimately be as important as the .com domains?
> 
> (3) If you don't pre-register your name you could find your 
> own domain owned 
> by an opportunist who will hold your name to ransom until you 
> buy it from 
> him at whatever price he wants.
> 
> (4) If you have high traffic, someone else could use your 
> name in one of 
> these new tlds  and use it to drive traffic to their site, 
> parasitically.  
> So you could end up with your customers being directed to a 
> porn site or 
> anything.  And all at your cost.
> 
> (4) Compared to the potential cost of having your name held 
> to ransom or 
> used by a competitor or even a porn site the cost of the new 
> domains are 
> chickenfeed.
> 
> Is there anything else that needs to be taken into consideration?
> 
> Cheers
> Mike Kear,
> Windsor, NSW, Australia
> AFP Webworks.
> www.afpwebworks.com
> 
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