The general web community and consumers voted for the top ten domain
names a short while ago on an MSNBC survey. The one thing most of us know is that
the consumer is always right, regardless of what we like or what ICANN perceives
as correct. There is a definite need to have categories or channels for restricted
content too, so as to make the internet easier for the general web community. When
we're setting up and operating e-commerce sites for the web it's currently really
a nightmare because you are getting the wrong audience for restricted content sites,
which I know all too well from personal experience. I'd have to say without a doubt,
thumbs up to .xxx and .kids. Still can't believe ICANN policy on these two, so outdated
and so unrealistic to the ones that spend hours everyday making the web what it is
today. I guess no one on the board has ever developed web sites or an internet business.
Here's
the MSNBC results;1. .xxx (1783 votes)
2. .web (1668 votes)
3.
.sex (1281 votes)
4. .biz (1115 votes)
5. .inc (997 votes)
6. .kids (947 votes)
7. .news (825 votes)
8. .fam (594 votes)
9. .shop (536 votes)
10. .info (471 votes)
For starters we
could have used these 10 yesterday, plus dozen more, so to speak. But that's another
subject! Maybe we should have another vote after ICANN makes their picks?
Mark
Burns/CEO
AuctionPort.com