The new gTLD list.
This week several companies revealed how many applications they filed, and in some cases revealed more information then just the amount of applications.
Google has applied for 50 gTLD’s across 4 categories.
- Trademarks, like .google
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- TLD’s related to Google’s core business, like .docs
- TLD’s that will improve user experience, such as .youtube, which can increase the ease with which YouTube channels and genres can be identified
- TLD’s where Google thinks has interesting and creative potential, such as .lol
Directi applied for 31 gTLD’s that will be heavily contested.
.web, .shop, .bank, .law, .music, .news, .blog, .movie, .baby, .store, .doctor, .hotel, .play, .home .site, .website, .click, .online, .one, .ping, .space, .world, .press, .chat, .city, .deals, .insurance .loans, .app, .host, and .hosting.
TLDH applied for 92 TLD’s :
.abogado, .app, .art, .baby, .beauty, .beer, .blog, .book, .casa (Spanish for .home), .cloud, .cooking, .country, .coupon, .cpa, .cricket, .data, .dds, .deals, .design, .dog, .eco, .fashion, .fishing, .fit, .flowers, .free, .garden, .gay, .green, .guide, .home, .horse, .hotel, .immo, .inc, .latino, .law, .lawyer, .llc, .love, .luxe, .pizza, .property, .realestate, .restaurant, .review, .rodeo, .roma, .sale, .school, .science, .site, .soccer, .spa, .store, .style, .surf, .tech, .video, .vip, .vodka, .website, .wedding, .work, .yoga, .zulu, 网址 , 购物
The Public Interest Registry (.ORG) applied for .NGO and .ONG.
CloudNames went for .cloud and .global.
Starting Dot announced they applied for .archi, .bio, .design, .immo and .ski.
Based on the current information from ICANN it is expected that a total of 1700+ gTLD’s will be revealed on June 13th.
ICANN expects the first new gTLD’s to launch early 2013.
It’s estimated that ICANN can batch 500 gTLD’s each year.
Delays?
Currently there are a few issues that could delay ICANN’s gTLD time table.
The batching process is still disputed in it’s current setup. In it’s current form, all the gTLD applicants are allowed thru Digital Archery to apply for the first batch. Industry experts argue that contested gTLD’s ( .WEB for example) should not enter the first batch.
The Trademark Clearninghouse has some lose ends, though it is expected to be up and running in October later this year.
Currently no URS provider has been selected by ICANN.
