Including Everything Blog » top level domain http://includingeverything.net A blog dedicated to and including everything Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:04:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 When will we start to see symbols in domain names? http://includingeverything.net/web-application-hosting/when-will-we-start-to-see-symbols-in-domain-names/ http://includingeverything.net/web-application-hosting/when-will-we-start-to-see-symbols-in-domain-names/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:42:37 +0000 Will http://includingeverything.net/?p=236 With the various TLDs (top level domains) available today, there’s hardly a shortage of domain names available to consumers and businesses. Or is there?

The .com TLD is has always been the king of domain name extensions. The first search we often check to see if our wanted domain name is available is the .com, then likely .net, .org, .info and anything else (probably in that order).

With that, is there any reasonable expectation that we might consider reviving the .com TLD by opening it up to accepting characters other than A-Z and numbers? Introducing symbols into the domain structure would completely open the various extensions for availability again.

We already have clever domains attempting to push the limit of XXX.com

  • del.icio.us
  • bubbl.us

But imagine if we could take it a step further and do this:

www.p0dca$t.com

I can’t wait for this functionality, and it may actually never come. Does anyone else share the same desires for this as I do?

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