Comments on: ABC Evening News Covers Domains: .Anythinggoes: “Is This The End Of .Com’s”: Watch Now

By: NetJohn

NetJohn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:31:38 +0000

Sort of intresting that one of the broadest and deepest companies in the domain space uses the .NET extention prominently…. Oversee.NET

Keep in mind, were on the InterNET and not the InterCom….. just throw’in it out there !

By: Scott Ross

Scott Ross — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:57:30 +0000

@E.David
>It is those who are in the demographic of their parents
>who are less likely to remember if something is .com or not

That’s cold, dude.

Go to your room!

By: E.David

E.David — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:43:21 +0000

Well, yeah, the .com is CURRENTLY unstoppable. But wait five years. It may not have been an issue back in 1997, but the whole new generation coming of age in 2010 are used to social networking, and more net savvy. The under 25 crowd are those who very easily double-check and remember if a website is a .tv or a .com or a .org or a .co.uk, etc… It is those who are in the demographic of their parents who are less likely to remember if something is .com or not and default to it. This is a fact which has been studied and is available on a very well-known and respected web marketing website.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:22 +0000

@ Steve M

“TV watchers / radio listeners / etc see / hear a site like kids.toys advertised . . . and then some 25-75% of them proceed to try to find that site / company by visiting kidstoys.com.”

actually the most likely to visit would be kids.toys.com. owners of the .com for any new tld will win BIG by monetizing subdomains. i could not be more positive

in fact I am going to write a blog post on why right now, look for the trackback

By: Daniel Dryzek

Daniel Dryzek — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:17:01 +0000

For US .com is king and will stay king. .US is not the option here but will play some role as an alternative extension. ccTLDs play and will play major role everywhere outside the US – that’s the fact. So to all .com focused domainers – .com is king in the US but there are really other countries out there where .com is just as popular as .biz is in the US.

Why is Domaining Still So US Focused?
http://danieldryzek.com/2010/03/08/why-is-domaining-still-so-us-focused/

By: Huw Williams

Huw Williams — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:55:22 +0000

Country code domains are the future, it’s called localization which the internet is most definitely headed for, “the YellowPages model is a perfect example”. Plus, local governments need to maintain control so they will concentrate hard on this, as we know they’ve already started implementing localization with Google and Yahoo..

I’d go as far to say that it won’t be long before .US domains become more prevalent in the US than .COM ..

Next 5 years!

By: Scott Ross

Scott Ross — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:58:13 +0000

Michael …

Although oddly, no one seems to have noticed Andrew Alleman’s opening comment in this topic, his clarification post is 100% correct. This video first aired in June 2008, as I clarified in a follow-up message sent shortly after the original. You must’ve missed it.

The video was mistakenly pegged “March 10″ on an ABCNews.com page I had browsed yesterday morning, March 11. And in the afterglow of last week’s ICANT fiesta in Nairobi, “Dot Anything Goes” seemed a parallel story angle. The content of the story was incidental. What caught my attention was the high profile coverage given the global domain industry on ABC’s signature evening newscast.

Notwithstanding the date-stamp on the video, the tell I should have immediately questioned was George Stephanopoulos anchoring the newscast, rather than Diane Sawyer. Instead, I assumed he was sitting-in for her. My bad.

Props to Andrew “Sherlock” Allemann for quickly sourcing and clarifying the correct broadcast date.

By: steve cheatham

steve cheatham — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:36:54 +0000

whoops. I meant the folks the articles is about. Not my friend on this forum.

By: steve cheatham

steve cheatham — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:35:37 +0000

The ignorant and their followers.

By: Mywesearches

Mywesearches — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:06:40 +0000

Country Codes are the way to go and will soon be the most desirable names to have. “.com” is too general and too OLD so younger generation will dislike all the .com in near future.

Well at least that’s my prediction!!! I hope I get it right.