Posted on 08/18/2013 4:03:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Contrary to popular thinking, Google doesn’t always get its way when it comes to all things Internet—at least, not if the latest pronouncement from ICANN is any indication.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization in charge of a major overhaul of Internet addresses, ruled this week that it’s passed a resolution prohibiting so-called dotless domain names, essentially putting the kibosh on Google’s plans for a dotless “http://search” domain. …
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Guess there will be no “http://upchuck"; Bummer :)
I wish ICANN would better police dot domain names, so that .org really are non-profits, .edu really are educational, etc.
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