New Domain Names Could Come in Mid-2008

[nick]

NEW YORK (AP) -- New Internet addresses for general use could start appearing in the summer of 2008 under a timeline the Internet's key oversight agency announced Thursday.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers invited public comment on procedures for creating new names, the first expansion for general use since 2000. Names added since then have been limited to specific regions or industries.

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[Roogle]

I wonder if we will see any of these domain name extensions enter the market. .info was introduced to us awhile ago, and it's one of the most unpopular extensions.

 

[nick]

That's also true. This people are just creating hype now and then with a new TLD and people interested in registering the new domains just fall for it.

I also think that new TLD's are not going to get any popular anymore.