The addition of new TLD's
is a solution not in the public interest. The web is growing by leaps and bounds,
search engines and directories are already overwhelmed by the number of sites and
pages out there, and it is already difficult to find specific information.
As with TV, no one cares about having 400 channels to choose from. It's generally
only possible to watch one or two stations at a time. The public can only digest
so many different web sites, and can't find most of those already in existence.Companies
and other entities on the web are no doubt going to snap up (or try to anyway) versions
of their existing .com domains across the other TLD's that become available.
Release of new TLD's will merely set the stage for another round of IP, trademark,
and copyright lawsuits. .com, .net, and .org TLD's have got the commercial
and non profit sectors covered, and regional extensions serve to differentiate sites,
specific to particular locations. What more is needed?
Anyone, who
wants to, can already register a domain at a price that continues to drop.
The more domains that get registered the less valuable each becomes to both the owner
and the web user trying to find products or information on the web. We have
already reached the point of diminishing returns with regard to the amount of information
and misinformation on the web. Thousands, if not millions of new domains
are being registed currently, how many are actually being used? The creation
and availability of new domains is not a good solution now, and should at least be
put off until there is a real need for such a move, if ever.
---Adam Jewell---