Comments on: Which Top Level Domain will be the most hyped one during 2010? http://www.xaviermedia.com/webbing/2009/10/13/which-top-level-domain-will-be-the-most-hyped-one-during-2010/ Tools and tips for webmasters and bloggers Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andreas from Xavier Media http://www.xaviermedia.com/webbing/2009/10/13/which-top-level-domain-will-be-the-most-hyped-one-during-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-4263 Andreas from Xavier Media Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:10:01 +0000 http://www.xaviermedia.com/?p=2537#comment-4263 And of course we also have .museum and .areo. /Andreas And of course we also have .museum and .areo.

/Andreas

]]> By: The Exaggerator http://www.xaviermedia.com/webbing/2009/10/13/which-top-level-domain-will-be-the-most-hyped-one-during-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-4192 The Exaggerator Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:45:35 +0000 http://www.xaviermedia.com/?p=2537#comment-4192 :!: As a matter of fact, the <b>.cc</b> TLD is listed to the Cocos and Keeling Islands, an Australian dependency in the western Pacific. Still, though, I do recall "spam" e-mail campaigns promoting worthless <b>.sex</b> and <b>.usa</b> domains on either side of 9/11; the latter was heavily promoted in the hope of exploiting the (some would say forced) patriotic feelings in the United States following the Unfortunate Events (typical Subject line for such a promotion: "Be Patriotic--Get .USA Domains") (Ironically, a London-based scamming ring was found to have promoted the .usa "domain," unaware that there's already a <b>.us</b> TLD available.) And let's not forget the industry-specific TLD's like <b>.coop</b> (reserved for cooperative societies and business enterprises) and <b>.travel</b> (reserved for the travel/tourism industry), to take two examples. :!: As a matter of fact, the .cc TLD is listed to the Cocos and Keeling Islands, an Australian dependency in the western Pacific.

Still, though, I do recall "spam" e-mail campaigns promoting worthless .sex and .usa domains on either side of 9/11; the latter was heavily promoted in the hope of exploiting the (some would say forced) patriotic feelings in the United States following the Unfortunate Events (typical Subject line for such a promotion: "Be Patriotic–Get .USA Domains")

(Ironically, a London-based scamming ring was found to have promoted the .usa "domain," unaware that there's already a .us TLD available.)

And let's not forget the industry-specific TLD's like .coop (reserved for cooperative societies and business enterprises) and .travel (reserved for the travel/tourism industry), to take two examples.

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