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Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites
- dmix 10y agoFinally a useful one among a plethora of questionable TLDs (ninja, rocks, guru, etc).
- macspoofing 10y agoI'd say it's worse because I personally dislike tying a TLD to the function and purpose of the website. Having said that, in this case, it may not be a problem because this TLD is controlled by a blog-hosting company.
- coldpie 10y agoWell put. I'm not attached to my current domain and might actually pick one of these up, depending on pricing.
- mapleoin 10y agoI can't tell if these will be just for Wordpress blogs or will be allowed to be bought by anyone and used for anything.
- anu_gupta 10y ago> We’ll be offering them to all websites — you won’t need to have a WordPress or WordPress.com site to purchase one.
- _lce0 10y agoThe only want money. That this TLD is called ".blog" is a nice marketing stunt from them --a very clever one!
- corobo 10y agoI'd imagine they would want money. Registering a gTLD isn't cheap (yet)
- zyxley 10y agoI'm surprised there's no www.trump yet.
- roywiggins 10y agoThe most luxurious TLD, only available from The Sharper Image
- nikolay 10y agoWhat's wrong with blog.domain.com or domain.com/blog? Why have a gazillion different domains - this is fragmenting identity especially if you can't secure the same name. The new extensions are a legalized extortion!
- castis 10y agoTheres nothing wrong with blog.domain.com or domain.com/blog. This new TLD is probably going to be more useful than the other TLDs that were released previously. Also, I don't know that I'd call this extortion, no one is forcing people to buy up these new TLDs. A cash grab, however...
- nikolay 10y agoIt surely is! If you have name.com/blog, now you have to buy yet another domain - name.blog. Many brands are forced to "secure" a bunch of overpriced domains! And this is what extortion is! And I said "legalized" extortion as on paper, as you say, nobody is forcing anybody, but in fact they are!
- why_is_it_good 10y ago"now you have to buy" I fail to see why. Do they also have to "secure" a handle in every social media/service/website/platform that allows registration? An email account in every provider? Register their company in every country in the world?
- hobs 10y agoI have said it before and I will say it again, the new gTLDs are just a money grab by ICANN. Not only that, but they are basically SEO black holes, no thanks!
- jbob2000 10y agoNo, I think they are needed. The .com namespace is crowded, it's really hard to find a nice, short domain name, as pretty much everything under 6 characters has been bought up. If we can get older blogs and new blogs onto the .blog namespace, then this will free up .com for what it was intended for; companies.
- nikolay 10y agoOh, so consumers make a difference between name.co, name.com, name.website, name.online, name.click, name.link? Gimme a break! This is a legalized scam and ICANN is a mafia!
- jbob2000 10y agoIt's a non-profit organization, hardly the kind of organization I would call a mafia. And yes, consumers can tell the difference between the different domain names. We already have hundreds for different countries, like .ca, .us, .uk, etc. You're really looking for a problem where there is none.
- nikolay 10y agoAs an organization - it's a non-profit one, true, but it is its bribable members who make it a mafia. I've been in the domain business since 2000 and I know a thing or two. ICANN is a mafia, period! And nobody in the domain business has any doubt about it!
- jbob2000 10y agoWhat's your solution? Because you just sound like a tin-foil hat conspiracist at this point. There has to be an organization that manages domain names, how else would they be managed?
- CyberDildonics 10y agoLike .xxx the real value will be in easier filtering.
- nikolay 10y agoTell me a single popular .xxx website, please!
- smpetrey 10y agoCan't wait to setup blog.blog.blog
- georgestephanis 10y agoSomeone register law.blog as Bob Loblaw
- dingbat1967 10y agoAs a guy who helps other guys manage mail servers, I regularly see colleagues block these new tlds outright due to being spam domain hell holes.