I don't know where the 4
and 2 letter TLDs came from, but I think they just make things confusing. There are
already 2 letter 2nd/top level domains that are mostly used for specific location/country
and adding another 2 letter domain that doesn't follow the convention will be confusing.
(.eu for European sites is good...but if they do that they should make a 2 letter
domain for each of the other continents too)As for the 4 letter ones....they're
just unusual. Nothing really wrong with them, but people aren't used to them. Besides,
the suggestions doesn't make sense....I mean, they have .shop for shopping sites,
but since they fit into .com it just makes it harder for both the site and the user
to choose which address (The site will end up getting a .shop for his .com site,
the same way he has a .net and .org one; the user will just continue to use the .com,
and the .shop is wasted. And what if the .com name isn't registered to the .shop
site? The user might not even try using .shop and thus not find the site)
So my
suggestions are (not better that most people's):
.tec = for tecnology
sites. (or maybe just tell them to use .net)
.xxx = obviously for
adult-related sites.
.per = personal pages. Only real names allowed
(?) lower prices.
.int = not a new domain name i think. For international,
possibly commercial sites
.loc = a site that targets only a local
area (it'll be followed by the country domain then state/province domain then a city
sub-domain)
.buy = maybe instead of .shop
.pol = for
politics inclined sites
.uni = company unions....should have the same
domain as the .com- pany (ie acme.uni is the worker union for acme.com)
.mis
= domains that don't fit in any other category. Not only is this for websites,
but could also be useful for other non-HTTP net-related applications where you would
want a domain name instead of an IP number but don't want (or can't) use a preferred
sub-domain. THIS SHOULD BE FREE!! Raise the price of the other domain names so that
you can keep this one free; however, only one domain per registrar. (?)