Most Internet users are familiar with the current set of top level domains that dominate most web address, such as .org, .net, and.com. Over the past decade, country code top level domains (such as FORA’s “.tv,” registered in the Pacific nation of Tuvalu) have also gained in popularity among businesses seeking to create unique addresses. This year, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, will begin to accept applications for a huge number of new domain options, allowing businesses to essentially use any Internet address of their choose– for a fee of $185,000.
A recent Reuters article examines the problems involved with releasing domains to any person who can cough up the cash, but ICANN believes this expansion could trigger a dramatic expansion of the Internet and launch a new era of online innovation:
ICANN: The Next Big .thing: New Top-Level Domains from on FORA.tv
