Berlin is the first City to get thier own top level domain name.

Sounds crazy but it’s true. The top level domain name extenstion will be .berlin. I’m hoping the ICANN will do more of this. It may be a little awkward, actually the word I would use is “clunky“. But I still think it’s cool. Not so much .berlin, but what about .nyc or .vegas? Some cities with long names may have to be truncated for instince my city - St. Petersburg .stpete perhaps?

Which brings about a good point. there are some major cities that are in differnet parts of the world but have the same name. St. Petersburg , Florida and St. Petersburg Russia for example. The ICANN may have opened a can of worms that will wiggle around causing all sorts of troubles.

I’m actually surprised that I like it becasue in general I’m not fond of all these new top level domains like .info .pro and .biz. Begrudgingly, though I could see their usefullness though I don’t like the trend they set. In practical terms, hardly anyone is using them. And while they do make it possible for some to get the exact domain name they prefer, at the same time it forces some small businesses or individuals to purchase more domain names to protect them selves against “anti” sites. For instance Joe Blow’s Furniture store bought joeblowfurniture.com for his website and joblowfurniture.org, .biz, .info and .net just capture the mistyped urls and to stop his competion from buying them. now he has several more to buy them.

What do you think?