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11.24.09

A New Type of Domain Name, A New Waste of Money

The Grouse has his doubts about the proposed .eco top-level domain

By Tom Conlon Posted 03.26.2009 at 9:25 am 11 Comments

Earlier this month, an unknown little startup grabbed big headlines when it received Al "Internet Earth Soldier" Gore's official endorsement for a proposed ".eco" domain name extension (aka TLD, aka top-level domain). Dot Eco, as the company is appropriately named, hopes to ride the current wave of trendy corporate environmentalism into a pile of that other type of green. But with other "alternative" TLDs like ".biz," ".info" and ".mobi" already going largely ignored by Internet users and site owners alike, do we really need yet another URL naming convention on the Web? I don't think we do.

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Al Gore Wants a .Eco Web Domain

Registration fees for environmentally certified websites to go to green causes

By Susannah F. Locke Posted 03.13.2009 at 3:11 pm 10 Comments

Al Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection, support creating a .eco domain to promote environmental causes. The idea comes from Dot Eco LLC, which claims they will donate some of the cash from registration fees of .eco web addresses to green initiatives.

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The .su Boom

Tucked away in one of the Web's dark corners, the Soviet Union continues to thrive as an internationally recognized entity.

By John Mahoney Posted 04.23.2008 at 4:58 pm 0 Comments

The Soviet Union has been history for going on 17 years now, but there is one place where the former superpower continues to live on, even with the semi-endorsement of a major international standards agency. That place is of course the Internet, where for 500 rubles (around $25) per year, it is still possible to own a little chunk of Soviet real estate by parking your website at an official ".su" domain name.

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