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   Howard to All   
   .coffee .toys .pizza?   
   06 Sep 21 17:37:58   
   
   From: howdHol@yaooho.com   
      
   A few years ago a ton of new top level domains were introduced. I   
   remember there being a big debate about the issue, but it seems to me   
   that the debate has withered away.   
      
   This article pushes the idea that companies should take advantage of   
   them:   
      
   https://www.domain.com/blog/what-are-the-new-tlds/   
      
   (Ironically, it uses the top level domain .com instead of one of the new   
   ones.)   
      
   I don't recall any of the more descriptive ones ever being used or   
   included in advertising that mentions a website.   
      
   Does anyone regularly visit a site with .yoga .actor .baby or anything   
   else like that?   
      
   Does anyone know if there was a bidding war over new names with these   
   TLDs? For instance, did someone set up tomhanks.actor or gerber.baby and   
   then sell out for a mint, or maybe spark a lawsuit? Or are there a   
   bazillion of these that were bought for $25 and now sit unused?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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