Webnames.ca President and Co-founder, Cybele Negris’s new article in PROFIT magazine is out and she talks about how to Get Ready for an Explosion in Domain Names.
Hundreds of new domain name extensions are about to be launched in 2013, creating the largest land rush for domain names. A few years ago, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decided to expand on the current number of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) like .com, .net and .org.This development will revolutionize the landscape of the Internet as we know it.
Three new groups of gTLDs will be released:
- Generic domains like .web, .shop, .hotel and .food
- Geographical domains like .quebec, .nyc and .paris
- Brand specific domains like .IBM, .Google and .Nike
To read the full article, visit the PROFITguide website.
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