ccTLDs and .com vs New GTLDs

[Cooper Mills DomainLawyer]

I thought I would share this article on ccTLDs and .com v New GTLDs written by my good friend Marcus, who has brokered some of the world's largest domain sales. It provides a neat summary of the arguments in favour of .com and ccTLD domains like .au

 

[Scott7]

Good article. Thanks for sharing.

 

[snoopy]

"In addition to the above, there’s the uncertainty of how Google will receive the new gTLD’s in terms of ranking."

Think this will be a non issue myself, Google isn't likely to care what the extension is. The other issues, like speculation, price, confusion I think are the main issues. Beyond domainers I don't think many really have an interest, they just register the standard extension for their market.