No TLD Domain Names

[atom]

OK, so I know this sounds an oddball thought on many levels, and I'm not suggesting it's practical or likely; but how about the prospect of domain names with no TLD at all?

Instead of entering shoes.com in the address bar of the browser, it would just be "shoes".

There'd be all sorts of technical hurdles amongst other considerations, but if it were to happen the impact on the domain name landscape as we know it would be profound!

Imagine the values of such names, and the effect on the value of existing names.

If it were to happen, could there be a fair way of rolling it out?

It'd be like the issue of .au or .uk ccTLDs but on a global scale.

 

[snoopy]

It doesn't make much sense to me, (in terms of how it could work)

Recent report on it

"Recommendation: Dotless domains will not be universally reachable and the SSAC recommends strongly against their use. As a result, the SSAC also recommends that the use of DNS resource records such as A, AAAA, and MX in the apex of a Top- Level Domain (TLD) be contractually prohibited where appropriate and strongly discouraged in all cases."

http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/sac053-dotless-domains-24aug12-en.htm

 

[chris]

It doesn't make much sense to me, (in terms of how it could work)

Recent report on it

"Recommendation: Dotless domains will not be universally reachable and the SSAC recommends strongly against their use. As a result, the SSAC also recommends that the use of DNS resource records such as A, AAAA, and MX in the apex of a Top- Level Domain (TLD) be contractually prohibited where appropriate and strongly discouraged in all cases."

http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/sac053-dotless-domains-24aug12-en.htm

Thanks for sharing Snoopy, very interesting.

Cheers,
Chris