Sci/Tech dot SO (.SO)

[Wargasm]

Somalia is launching it's ccTLD to the general public.

The whole circus starts november 1.
I would not invest any money into this ccTLD myself. But other people might tell you different after the launch of .CO a few months back.
But the Registry in Colombia was able to convince alot of people .CO ment Company. Some people even believe that it will overtake .com in numbers. With half a million registrations so far i do not see that happening.

But if you want to register a few nice domain names ending with .SO make sure you read some more details on my blog : http://rogue.su

Comments about the .SO launch or domaining in general are always welcome
Or why not comment on what .SO could stand for ?

 

[seph ir oth]

so.so

^ I hear the website's alright. Not good, but not bad. So-so.

 

[Bronxernijn]

so.so

^ I hear the website's alright. Not good, but not bad. So-so.

i.dont.think.so

 

[Hatebreeder]

Is it any better then .COM ?

 

[Wargasm]

Is it any better then .COM ?

.SO willbe more expensive (even tho .com has increased price wise the last 2 years).
Unless google changes it's indexing policy it will treated as a ccTLD (if you run an english website .SO will get ranked lower in most cases compared to the .com version)

However .SO has maybe domain 30.000 registrations at the moment. That means you are more like to register the domain name you want. This is the issue with .com at the moment since all the good ones are taken.

That is the reason why u see domain names like : westbloomfieldtownshipsrealestateagent.com (try putting that on a bumper sticker)

The chance to obtain estate.com is zero unless you bring a few million dollars to the table.
estate.so ....you might have a chance there registering it during the landrush period.

 

[Wargasm]

i.dont.think.so

Those are actually domain hacks like del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us

What is a domain hack

 

[xxxtrickyxxx]

.COM = communism... now time for conspiracy?

 

[esb]

And .so for socialism? Or Soviet Union? D=

 

[Hatebreeder]

One thing I don't understand is, who makes "domains" and is there any way to make yourself a domain?

... Since I've always thought .COM was a stadardization for regions (.DE for GERMANY, .CO.UK for ENGLAND and .COM for AMERICA and .jp for JAPAN, etc ), .CO kinda confuses me there...

 

[Wargasm]

One thing I don't understand is, who makes "domains" and is there any way to make yourself a domain?

... Since I've always thought .COM was a stadardization for regions (.DE for GERMANY, .CO.UK for ENGLAND and .COM for AMERICA and .jp for JAPAN, etc ), .CO kinda confuses me there...

This is something ICANN regulates.
The is a big fuzz at this moment regarding .XXX http://www.icmregistry.com/index.php

I think Stuard been trying to get .XXX approved for 10 years now. IMO he is just going for the big bucks.

The people behind .music been trying for 6 years now or so.
http://music.us/branding_advantage.htm

But ICANN is the one who approves all this. Personally i compare ICANN withthe United Nations.. They work slow and the end is always a compromise between Registries and Registrars.

Everyone who buys a .com or .net or .org 18 dollar cents goes to ICANN.