[plug] Internet domains

[Nikhil Jogia]

Gavin Chester wrote:
> At the risk of flogging a dead horse on this subject, I just want to 
> clarify
> what you say above.  The precedent set from the early days of the 
> Internet
> was that dot net was for technological/IT companies (eg, iinet), dot 
> com for
> regular businesses/corporations, and dot org for non-profits.  New 
> ones like
> dot info and dot biz are just new revenue streams to supplement those
> traditional tlds.  But these days, it's open slather, really, and if you
> find your name is already registrable in dot com (it happens!) then 
> just try
> another TLD.
>
> That's my last word, promise (I'm a bit talkative after Fri afternoon
> drinks)
>
> Gavin.
>
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The days of generic internet domain names are over. Just buy whatever 
domain name closely matches your business.

I remember when the AUDA auctioned off generic *.au names. Domains were 
going for crazy prices.

Now with all these Web 2.0 shananagans, the "in things" are names like 
google, flickr and digg.