Google Applies For Dot-LOL Domain 125
judgecorp writes "Google has applied for the .lol domain in ICANN's sale of generic top level domains (gTLDs). Google also asked for .google, .docs, and .youtube at a cost of $185,000 each, in the round of applications which has finally closed. A glitch in the application system may have leaked some of the applicants' data to other applicants."
I hope they don't get it (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm one of those people who is sorry to see the erosion of the TLD. It's bad enough that individuals are shut out of the process by the rules and absurd fees. But under the new rules Google has zero right to it. I hope they don't get it.
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Is it really any different than granting full operation of .com to Verisign?
Re:I hope they don't get it (Score:4, Insightful)
Agreed the rules/absurd fees associated with these are meant to force the smaller crowd out. the company i work for is small, but we are among the top in our field and i could see a TLD for several processes and standards that we have created and consult on over the years, but at 200k a pop we can't justify even one.
Re:I hope they don't get it (Score:5, Insightful)
Honestly, the TLD system has been broken for a long time. There should probably never have been TLDs without country codes, for one thing. And enforcement on TLDs that were supposed to be reserved for specific purposes was always lousy -- I remember seeing clearly commercial sites with .net TLDs popping up in the mid-90's.
Re:I hope they don't get it (Score:5, Insightful)
It'll just turn out to be a massive waste of money.
Hell, you can even take your average user and have them look at a website... almost no one takes .biz, .info, .us seriously. .com, .net, and .org is where it's at.
Re:I hope they don't get it (Score:4, Insightful)
It may have been broken, but at least it was understandable.
Between url shorteners and (now) vanity domains, who the fuck will really know where a link is taking them?
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I could continue. /etc/hosts may provide you with a local override, but it does nothing for discovery. It does nothing for managing changes to IP addresses. The DNS design is just broken from a "decentralized net" point of view. I think the only way we'll get a new system is if the EU succeeds in totally fucking it up and create their own DNS (with blackjack and hookers).