if your company is called Vortex Systems, you may want Vortex.to or Vortex.cc or Vortex.ws etc. as opposted to TheVortexSystems.com. Or perhaps both redirect to one site. as for people typing in domains that don't have .com in them, you simply need to put that information on your business card...etc... i've been typing in .net .org .ca etc. for years. no big deal for me. swerve > From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:17:06 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: dotTV > > If one actually attempts to impose a 'meaning' to .tv and many of the others > being proposed, they would all seeem to promise a very small market. I mean > someone wanting to register 'mycompany.com', but its taken -- do they really > care if they end up registering 'mycompany.ro' or. 'mycomany.kz' or > 'mycompany.ac' (to pick a couple that register.com currently offers). I > love register.com's promotion of .ws as 'web site'. Is it even possible to > get any more redundant than that? > > Ultimately, except to open up additional name space, the specifice TLD a > domain is registered under is meaningless. It's not like a web user is > going to start typing in dozens of variations on a domain name, with > different TLD's, attempting to find a web site. > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fagyal Csongor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:19 AM > Subject: Re: dotTV > > >> >> >>> People looking for short domains. People streaming video about their >>> subject of interest. Imo, it's kind of narrow, but for certain > concepts, >>> more compelling than .com. There's probably millions of transvestites > on >>> the planet as well. >> And thousands of regional (cable, city, etc.) television channels and >> studios and companies who broadcast everywhere in the world. >> >> IMO it is still better than .vc anyway :-) (Or .bb...) >> >> - Cs. >> > >
