ICANN but I won't!

Is there a conspiracy plot in the works?

ICANN (the international governing body for internet domains names) has given VeriSign the approval to increase the price of .COM domain names over the next several years.

How interesting that one of ICANNs board members is Google's cheif internet guru. Hmmm...

In a world where the price of domain names has only come down year over year, this seems an injustice.

As it is the choices for short .COM domain names are very limited, and with more and more top level domains (TLD) being added - like the most recent .ws (which stands for "web site") many people may choose to purchase a short, excellent and easy to remember domain name using an alternative extensioin.

For example, if someone wanted the web site "Computer Tech Support" they would find that the .com version is already taken, but www.computertechsupport.ws is not. This is exactly what I did. I get an easy to remember web site name, just with a different extension.

I just purchased a .tv domain name and it was $20, but for now .com names can still be had for as little as $4.95 (www.netfirms.com), and why not? If I am going to pay a premium for a domain name it better be for a unique name that is as short as possible. If the price were to go up significantly for a .com I certainly would be looking at different extensions instead.

Thanks for reading, and remember - Live it, Live!

Troy Roach
OnSite Technology
519-404-3357
www.onsitetechnology.ca

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