Re: [IFWP] Re: Anti-cybersquatting (Trademark Owners) Protection Act

[Greg Skinner]

William X. Walsh wrote:

> Greg, [3LDs, etc.] may be usable for some narror purposes, but the simple fact
> is that they are not usable in a real commercial setting, and even for
> personal use they are difficult and bulky and harder for people to remember.

Prove it.

Let's see some statistics.

Let's see some studies comparing the usability of something.tld over
something.2ld.tld, etc., given equal amounts of promotion, advertising,
etc.

My guess is that in cases where something.tld was easier to remember than
something.2ld.tld, it was because something.tld was promoted better.

I know of some universities that offered registrations over the net, who
did fine with theirdivision.university.edu, etc.  That seems like a real
commercial setting to me.

--gregbo