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New top level domains
Hi all
Anyone interested in the new crop of top level domains out there?
I'm not thinking of .cat (for Catalan-language sites), but rather things like .mobi (for web sites designed for mobile devices) and .tel (too hard to explain in a parenthetical).
.tel seems to be using the DNS in a new way (they haven't launched yet, but from what I can see from their website and their materials sent to ICANN, this is what I have been able to piece together). It's not about websites and email (the killer apps for the internet) but rather about contact information. You register a .tel domain (e.g., baldersash.tel) and I put up my work number, my email, my skype name, my AIM name, etc. Sort of like a business card hosted at the DNS level so it is instantly updatable. I think the intersting app there is using the DNS as a tool to constantly let people know where to find you (e.g. if in the office, leave your office number.. if traveling, leave your hotel number or cell number etc).
Business types can put up a whole series of numbers and contact information. For example, a car rental agency can put up numbers for different countries, different services (reservartions, report a problem, corporate HQ, etc), with navigation tools to help the user get the info they want.
Given such a resource (people putting personal or business contact information online), what would you do with it?
Thoughts?
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