“We really liked it. The very specificness of it, but also the broad uses. It’s easy to connect the dots on the value proposition of this extension. We think it kind of capures the entire universe of information.” The words of Taryn Naidu, Rightside’s CEO, on the launch of their .news TLD.
Great article on Google’s involvement in the new TLDs and how Larry Page, Google’s co-founder was forced to drop many of its new TLD applications, pressured by other Google Executives.
Wired discusses how Google’s selection of the new TLD domain abc.xyz, for its new umbrella company Alphabet, could further loosen .COM’s grip on the domain industry.
Susan Price a contributor to Forbes, Fortune, The Atlantic and FastCompany explains how other enterprises can learn from Google in their selection of a .xyz domain name for Alphabet, their new umbrella company.
5,500+ global banks including JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo applied for their “.bank” domain to protect their institutions and customers from cyber breaches. by Melanie Waddell, Washington Bureau Chief, Investment Advisor Magazine
Google answers question in a Q&A format on how they will handle the new top level domains (new gTLDs) such as .financial, .food, .tech etc. They answer how they will handle Brand TLDs, IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names such as .みんな), regional TLDs (such as .london) and advise on how to successfully transition to a new domain name.
Here’s a quick look at some of the new TLDs Microsoft has been registering as they came off the collision list. The collision list consists of domain names, temporarily reserved because of their perceived potential to disrupt the proper functioning of the Internet.
A look at .news, boasting record numbers, according to The Domains, in the Early Access Program (EAP) stage of this new TLDs launch. It also features a list of the top .news domain names registered by day 5 of the EAP.