Sunday, June 19, 2011

Not.Coms

ICANN, the organization that administers the Internet’s domain name system, is meeting this weekend.  *They are voting to possibly approve hundreds of new domain extensions.  Do you think this will open a whole new can of worms, and added expense for small business?


KATU has an informational take on it:
http://www.katu.com/news/tech/124110019.html

Forbes has an argument against it:
http://blogs.forbes.com/ciocentral/2011/06/17/should-icann-be-adding-more-generic-top-level-domains/

*UPDATE 6/20/11 - ‎ICANN's Board of Directors approved a plan to usher in one of the biggest changes to the Internet's Domain Name System. The Board vote was 13 approving, 1 opposed, and 2 abstaining. Not surprising, as it means more money and control for ICANN.