Worst Idea Ever… .anything Domain Names
Jul 22, 2008 Uncategorized
I just read that ICANN is considering opening the floodgates to webmasters so they can register any top-level-domain with at least three characters.
Not good.
The only people who will benefit from this are spammers, phishers, domain-squatters, and fraudsters. Imagine getting an email asking you to download document.doc. You’ll assume it’s a Word file. Wrong… it could be a link to a phishing website located at http://www.document.doc.
Do we need more TLDs? Yes. But there should be a thorough vetting process before releasing them into the wild.
Tags: domain name, domain registration, domains, icann, tld, top level domain, web design
