I got an email from DirectI about .IN (ternet) and how they claim it to be the most generic ccTLD. I thought we already established .ws, .bz and such were a joke, but apparently they haven't caught on, so it would seem. It is India, brand it like it should be. The strongest ccTLD (.de) isn't branded as anything else except the german country domain name (as far as I know). They have the second largest population in the world to target and they are trying to trick others into thinking it is something else?

I didn't know there's such a thing as "generic ccTLD". :D

It's all about marketing, kohashi. And all the more reason to stay
the hell away from them.

Unfortunately the same can't be said of others out there...

Directi, like Verisign, is a registrar without a conscience...

...as Directi's spam campaign when it first launched (and, I believe, several times since) is but one indication.

Nothing here should be a surprise to anyone... and if it is, then they've not been paying attention.

I thought it was generic as well. Turned out to be for India. Really interesting.

the only ccTLD I'd say can be branded as generic is .tv

.IN as Internet ? No one will link .in to internet.

I heard there will be many IN registrars and the pricing is similar to Dot Coms pricing and not restricted, given such conditions and India mass population, I would expect IN to take on say Dot UK to be one of the more popular domain extensions.

Originally posted by boonchuan
...would expect IN to take on say Dot UK to be one of the more popular domain extensions.Just a few potentially helpful statistics...

As of November 2004, here's the makeup of the domain namespace: .com (a gTLD) occupies 47% of the namespace.

All other ccTLDs (not listed below) occupy 20% of the namespace.

.de (a ccTLD) occupies 12% of the namespace.

.net (a gTLD) occupies 8% of the namespace.

.uk (a ccTLD) occupies 6% of the namespace.

.org (a gTLD) occupies 5% of the namespace.

.info (a gTLD) occupies 2% of the namespace.

.biz (a gTLD) occupies 2% of the namespace.

The .name's (a gTLD) occupancy in the namespace is statistically smaller than 1%.

SOURCE: Verisign's November 2004 Domain Name Industry Brief (http://www.verisign.com/Resources/Naming_Services_Resources/Domain_Name_Industry_Brief/).So do I understand you to be saying that you think .IN will surge ahead of even .org to challence .uk? Or, if you're limiting your analysis to only the ccTLD namespace, do you think .IN will so challenge .uk that it will break free of its current "all other ccTLDs" category in the above list? Just askin'.

Originally posted by Gerrit
the only ccTLD I'd say can be branded as generic is .tvJust because the obvious value of .TV as a logical ccTLD for the television industry has made it quite popular -- or perhaps even ubiquitous -- for that purpose does not make it anything more than a mere ccTLD... in this case, from the country of Tuvalu (http://www.iana.org/root-whois/tv.htm); which has, in turn redelegated it to "The .TV Corporation (http://www.tv/) " of Toronto and Los Angeles (which is actually, now, and to my chagrin, a Verisign company).

Only the top level domains listed here (http://www.iana.org/gtld/gtld.htm) are gTLDs... and wishing won't change that.

lets see Directi Sells Domains

Directi has a New TLD

Directi Markets that new TLD

where is the problem?

Originally posted by the_ancient
lets see Directi Sells Domains

Directi has a New TLD

Directi Markets that new TLD

where is the problem? Your inability to make clear your point in this context, for starters.

Would it be too much to ask that you use the "quote" button so we can determine on whose words you're comenting; or that you actually use enough words that we can tell what the hell you're talking about? Are you in that much of a hurry?

And, further, would it be too much to ask that you use common rules of English, capitalization and punctuation to make yourself more clear?

If you're going to debate with the likes of me, it's the minimimum I require or I won't participate.

Just because there is a history on the Internet of ignoring rules of English in the name of expediency; and/or just because that's the cool thing to do among young people these days, doesn't make it right. It just makes it lazy and, moreover, ignorant in both appearance and practice. It always did, and it always will. Mark my words, 100 years from now those who still follow the rules of English in their spoken and written communications will be the ones who are understood and in control; and those who don't won't. Nothing ever changes in matters such as these. Time will prove me right.

The Registry and lone Registrar( www.dot.ph ) for .ph (Philippines), wants to market .ph as Phone. The local IT community (including me :D) in the Philippines intensely opposed it.

Originally posted by Jeffreyw
The Registry and lone Registrar( www.dot.ph ) for .ph (Philippines), wants to market .ph as Phone. The local IT community (including me :D) in the Philippines intensely opposed it.

Go Philippines go! ;)

Originally posted by DesElms
Your inability to make clear your point in this context, for starters.

Would it be too much to ask that you use the "quote" button so we can determine on whose words you're comenting; or that you actually use enough words that we can tell what the hell you're talking about? Are you in that much of a hurry?

And, further, would it be too much to ask that you use common rules of English, capitalization and punctuation to make yourself more clear?

If you're going to debate with the likes of me, it's the minimimum I require or I won't participate.

Just because there is a history on the Internet of ignoring rules of English in the name of expediency; and/or just because that's the cool thing to do among young people these days, doesn't make it right. It just makes it lazy and, moreover, ignorant in both appearance and practice. It always did, and it always will. Mark my words, 100 years from now those who still follow the rules of English in their spoken and written communications will be the ones who are understood and in control; and those who don't won't. Nothing ever changes in matters such as these. Time will prove me right.

I'm pretty sure that the_ancient was referring to the topic being discussed in this thread. That really wasn't hard to figure out. The only problem seems to be that he/she happened to disagree with you.

Originally posted by Gerrit
the only ccTLD I'd say can be branded as generic is .tv

.IN as Internet ? No one will link .in to internet.

yeah no one.:)

Originally posted by ACStudent
I'm pretty sure that the_ancient was referring to the topic being discussed in this thread. That really wasn't hard to figure out. The only problem seems to be that he/she happened to disagree with you. When you wrote the words "this thread," above, did you forget to link them to some other thread? Because if you didn't, then I don't understand your reply either. Please explain.

Originally posted by Gerrit

.IN as Internet ? No one will link .in to internet.
Why not?