Google Wants to Create a Dotless Domain Called "Search"..?

Thu Apr 11 19:56:29 UTC 2013

The whole custom TLD thing is just a truly awful, awful idea.

Oliver

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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Joshua Goldbard <j at 2600hz.com> wrote:

> I'm hoping google is doing this for m2m and not human interaction, but I
> could be wrong.
>
> I just envision years of re-educating grandparents and less technical
> users and I'm dreading it.
>
> Cheers,
> Joshua
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:14 AM, "Warren Bailey" <
> wbailey at satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote:
>
> > I try not to flood Nanog with articles, but I thought I'd ask for some
> opinions on this. For the moment, most browsers treat a single line with no
> tld as a search request, why have a tld-less tld? Would this not open the
> door for others to claim they need a word as a tld (cisco = http://routersor Al Gore
> http://internets), and how would that be handled by most modern(ish)
> browsers and devices?
> >
> >
> >
> http://m.gizmodo.com/5994354/google-wants-to-create-a-dotless-domain-called-search
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
>
>