Comments on: New Study: May be Tens of Thousand of New Extensions

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[...] apply for their own gTLD, creating 33 Billion dollars in revenue in the first 3 years for ICANN? At some point, and no one knows if its 100 or 500 or 5,000 extensions, but at some point the number [...]

By: David J Castello

David J Castello — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:59:30 +0000

Anthony:
When web sites start seeing Google as their competitor that will be the beginning of the end for Google. Don’t think it can’t happen. However, I believe that Google is too smart to let that happen.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:33:03 +0000

David … I agree that .google will benefit Google … let’s

hope that domains like palmsprings.Google don’t

benefit them too much.

By: David J Castello

David J Castello — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:29:01 +0000

Michael:
It won’t be much different. I doubt if any of these vTlds will reach a fraction of the popularity of today’s dotNet or dotOrg. The only exceptions may be vTlds like .google or .mtv because the public is already familiar with those brands.

Of course, as a new generation is weaned on the Internet things will change. Regardless, dotCom will be always be the gold standard for Tlds and their value will continue to rise – especially generic dotCom names. And the reason for that is simple – if there are 10,000 Tlds out there and a company wants to capture the branding for the word Sample, ther top of the food chain will always be Sample.com.

By: MHB

MHB — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:20:24 +0000

David

“”"f you advertise a domain name on cable, radio or print and ask anyone to recall the name they’ll 99.9% default and answer with a dotCom.”"”

This is true now but may not be the case in 5 years

By: David J Castello

David J Castello — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:59:54 +0000

Anthony:
I don’t know what effect .google will have on dotCom. The only thing I know for sure is that .google will only benefit Google. And that’s my point. The brand names are already established.

Just a thought:
DotCom is synonymous with the web. It is, by far, the most popular generic Tld. And here’s the kicker – I believe that some of dotCom’s most valuable future lies in directing traditional media readers, listeners and viewers to the Internet. If you advertise a domain name on cable, radio or print and ask anyone to recall the name they’ll 99.9% default and answer with a dotCom. While traditional media is losing dollars to the Internet, don’t kid yourself and think they’ll disappear. When television first came on the scene most people thought that radio would vanish. It didn’t.

By: Damir

Damir — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:34:51 +0000

.com is King and that is how it will be even if Trillions of new domian name ext come out online

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:49:43 +0000

.brand is also safer … ie for banks

By: just a thought

just a thought — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:33:11 +0000

Or maybe people will realize that dot-com doesn’t have any real world meaning and that brands and real words do, and companies etc won’t miss the second/last chance to invest in themselves only and catch all traffic. Dot-com is neutral, thats why it doesn’t help in TM disputes. The branding is to the left (and soon to the right) of the dot, except amongst web only entities and domainers, and that’s vanity:)

Also, confusion leads to search, and search finds content, whatever the TLD. Use Google Chrome or Toolbar for a while and your type ins will rarely exceed three letters.. there’s a problem IMHO.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:32:59 +0000

Hi David,

Do you feel that .google .bay etc will also drive

up the value of .com ?