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**fojames** · 08-26-2009, 11:41 AM

Came across this piece of news, thot I should pass it on

Some in the gay community are pushing for the dotgay extension [.gay],

Is it feasible?

SOURCES:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13819.html
http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/las...be-offere.html

**cleverlyslick** · 08-26-2009, 11:44 AM

these extensions are getting out of hand

**myst woman** · 08-26-2009, 12:08 PM

i think dotgay has major problems.

not onyl does it parse web traffic by supposed sexual orientiation, but the world at large is barely comfortable with the reality.

And gays aren't stupid, they know that a tld marketed to "them" is just as exploitive (in price if not intention) as any other product or service.

What's next, .black or .latina?

What troubles me about dotgay is that the market is ambiguous. Can you convince gay people or gay business promoters they need the clicks dotgay brings? If emphasis is put towards establishing a separate layer of internet for gays, doesn't that limit them from the misison of inclusion in the whole fabric of society they have been trying for for decades/centuries/aeons?

**Doc Com** · 08-26-2009, 12:22 PM

What matters is on the backend (no pun intended).

Any domain extension being proposed must have a solid business plan and funding.

Gay has one advantage of being able to brand itself to the market it is wanting to reach - gay, lesbian, bi, tranny, etc. That market would be quite significant in size and demographics.

The good part about this domain is it defines a specific market and interest. Advertisers would be able to adjust their ads to that market...gay cruises, gay travel deals, same sex couple legal and other needs...and so on.

**Acro** · 08-26-2009, 12:32 PM

Awesome news. Finally one would be able to register "is.gay" and launch an email service

Maybe we could also have .fat, .ass, .lol and .hot (with a subdomain .not.hot)

Jokes aside, ICANN opened the floodgates with this "great" idea of generic TLDs.

**DNBA** · 08-26-2009, 12:39 PM

i think we should pull together and get .dnforum since everyone else is wasting there money why shouldnt we?

**Acro** · 08-26-2009, 12:47 PM

Imagine the .gay Registry promoting the TLD like TelNic did. Two guys on a train trying to catch the attention of ...another guy. One scribbles his phone on a scrap of paper, the other one writes "ben.gay" on the window with latte. The guy outside the train ends up entering bengay.com in his iPhone

ftaylor · 08-26-2009, 04:33 PM

Ok, I want to see .christian, .muslim, .jew, .hindu, .buddhist, .white, .black, .straight..... etc.

**sdsinc** · 08-26-2009, 04:50 PM

It's not the extensions that are most ridiculous but the people who will be bidding on them.

**Doc Com** · 08-26-2009, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ftaylor

Ok, I want to see .christian, .muslim, .jew, .hindu, .buddhist, .white, .black, .straight..... etc.

um, maybe not too far off...

**whitebark** · 08-26-2009, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdsinc

It's not the extensions that are most ridiculous but the people who will be bidding on them.

Amen to that.

**Tenkk** · 08-29-2009, 12:30 PM

would all these extensions, if approved, increase the value of dot coms?

**Doc** · 08-29-2009, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tenkk

would all these extensions, if approved, increase the value of dot coms?

don't think so..rather can have a detrimental effect

**fojames** · 08-29-2009, 12:50 PM

@Acro

That's a nice one, the idea of the .gay commercial, You almost broke my ribs LOL!!!!

Still LAughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**tristanperry** · 08-29-2009, 12:58 PM

This is getting silly now. Generic TLDs is a very bad idea, but this is even worse.

If you have .gay, then surely (since that's classifying visitors in some way) we should have

.notgaybutopentotheideaofit
.notgaybutnotagainstpeoplebeinggay
.straight
.black
.white
.halfcast
.christian
.notchristian
.notchristianbutnotagainstpeoplewhoarechristian
.muslim
.notmuslim
..... etc

Just seems really silly, but I guess the PC society we live in is happy to divide people, hence this TLD isn't too out-of-touch.

**bwhhisc** · 08-29-2009, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acro

Jokes aside, ICANN opened the floodgates with this "great" idea of generic TLDs.

ICANN already had their hands full with the immenent launch of dozens of IDN.IDN extensions across the full spectrum of major languages, not to mention all of the international politics that come with that. These generic tld's certainly could have waited instead of getting piled into the heap and slowing up the IDN project which has been a decade intro the process of implementation.

**Doc Com** · 08-29-2009, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwhhisc

These generic tld's certainly could have waited instead of getting piled into the heap and slowing up the IDN project which has been a decade intro the process of implementation.

That outrage is actually why the IDN's were fast tracked and approved before the release of the generic TLD's.

But yes, there should have been a faster time frame than this to get the IDN's going.

**noelius** · 08-29-2009, 02:46 PM

I think intead of promoting unlimited TLDs, ICANN should reverse it, and have less domains, because it's impossible for a brand to buy all their related domains in each extension...

ftaylor · 08-29-2009, 02:50 PM

Do you think major brands like microsoft and google would be in a rush to get their .gay domains?

**tristanperry** · 08-29-2009, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ftaylor

Do you think major brands like microsoft and google would be in a rush to get their .gay domains?

That's a good point; I'd imagine so.

Depending on the cost it may be a good idea to get our name in that TLD too.

08-26-2009, 11:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
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08-26-2009, 12:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Acro Bloody lovely Last Online: Today 07:14 PM iTrader: (394) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 23,904 DNF$: 4,079 Location: USA Country:	Awesome news. Finally one would be able to register "is.gay" and launch an email service Maybe we could also have .fat, .ass, .lol and .hot (with a subdomain .not.hot) Jokes aside, ICANN opened the floodgates with this "great" idea of generic TLDs. __________________ DomainGang.com - Domainers' Most Awesome News Source Acroplex - Web & Graphics Acro.net - My Blog My Countdown Counting down to: Snapnames rebate hitting my mailbox 79 days 0 hours 33 minutes

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08-26-2009, 12:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
Acro Bloody lovely Last Online: Today 07:14 PM iTrader: (394) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 23,904 DNF$: 4,079 Location: USA Country:	Imagine the .gay Registry promoting the TLD like TelNic did. Two guys on a train trying to catch the attention of ...another guy. One scribbles his phone on a scrap of paper, the other one writes "ben.gay" on the window with latte. The guy outside the train ends up entering bengay.com in his iPhone __________________ DomainGang.com - Domainers' Most Awesome News Source Acroplex - Web & Graphics Acro.net - My Blog My Countdown Counting down to: Snapnames rebate hitting my mailbox 79 days 0 hours 33 minutes

08-26-2009, 04:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
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sdsinc Missing in action Name: Kate Last Online: Today 05:01 PM iTrader: (41) Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,671 DNF$: 28,105 Location: .cz Country:	It's not the extensions that are most ridiculous but the people who will be bidding on them. __________________ VeryOldNames.com

08-29-2009, 12:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
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08-29-2009, 12:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
fojames Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Today 07:19 PM iTrader: (29) Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 712 DNF$: 10 Location: ....	@Acro That's a nice one, the idea of the .gay commercial, You almost broke my ribs LOL!!!! Still LAughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ DNGist.com-Catch the latest domain industry gist Heewo.com- Health Is Wealth- Health Tips And Reviews

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tristanperry Amms.com Name: Tristan Perry Last Online: Today 12:20 PM iTrader: (50) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,527 DNF$: 5,386 Location: Wales, UK Country:	This is getting silly now. Generic TLDs is a very bad idea, but this is even worse. If you have .gay, then surely (since that's classifying visitors in some way) we should have .notgaybutopentotheideaofit .notgaybutnotagainstpeoplebeinggay .straight .black .white .halfcast .christian .notchristian .notchristianbutnotagainstpeoplewhoarechristian .muslim .notmuslim ..... etc Just seems really silly, but I guess the PC society we live in is happy to divide people, hence this TLD isn't too out-of-touch. __________________ █ Devoted Hosting █ High Quality Shared And Reseller Hosting █ cPanel, 24/7 support, 99.9% uptime guaranteed

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08-29-2009, 02:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
ftaylor .scot Name: Finbarr Taylor Last Online: 11-11-2009 07:46 AM iTrader: (4) Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 468 DNF$: 4,344 Location: Glasgow Country:	Do you think major brands like microsoft and google would be in a rush to get their .gay domains? __________________ GlasgowSEO.com is on auction on Sedo! Rank 2 on Google for 'glasgow seo'. CPC £3.35/$5.31. High advertiser competition. Glasgow is Scotland's largest city with over 1,000,000 inhabitants.

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