poll What do you think about the citytlds

[The Durfer]

Saw all the citytlds and was wondering if anybody was having any luck with them and if they were going to take over the countrytlds, will endusers be attracted locally and ignore their country codes or what?

I like .Moscow, how about you?

 

[Brands.International]

.LONDON

 

[The Durfer]

I like that one too, but do you think it will overtake .co.uk?

 

[The Durfer]

fog.london?

 

[Brands.International]

I think they will live in parallel both .co.uk and .london

 

[The Durfer]

yea, I guess its not a race, its just kudos all around. lol.

 

[Raymond C]

.Sydney

 

[Kate]

Looking at European geoTLDs, my impression is that they are more often used by official agencies ie regional employment agencies etc.
You sometimes see the URLs printed on the buses but I don't think they are not popular at all. The ccTLDs are dominant.
For example, the city of Paris enlisted some prominent end users like Tower Eiffel as '.paris pioneers' but in the end we are talking about a hundred of 'trophy' domains and the companies continue to use other domain names like .fr in parallel...
IMO these geoTLDs mainly exist for political reasons and it's a waste of taxpayer money.

 

[The Durfer]

vladimirputin.moscow is available

 

[jmcc]

Some of them are doing quite well and remarkably sticky in terms of renewals. Others are not. However they are not replacements for the ccTLDs. They effectively are ccTLDs in market size and focus.

Regards...jmcc

 

[dordomai]

vladimirputin.moscow is available

udrp.now ?

 

[jmcc]

udrp.now ?

Vlad mightn't use a UDRP.

Regards...jmcc

 

[The Durfer]

bump

 

[Charles Sweeney]

I think they will live in parallel both .co.uk and .london

As a Scot I can tell you that there's a hell of a lot more to the UK than London! The UK and London ARE NOT the same thing!!!

 

[Charles Sweeney]

I think they're great. I've registered a couple of .london names (I live in London), plus my best .com sales had "london" in them.

There's also .scot which of course is for the country Scotland, as opposed to a city.

 

[GoKaizen]

I agree @Kate. Many are run by ccTLD registries.

Looking at European geoTLDs, my impression is that they are more often used by official agencies ie regional employment agencies etc.
You sometimes see the URLs printed on the buses but I don't think they are not popular at all. The ccTLDs are dominant.
For example, the city of Paris enlisted some prominent end users like Tower Eiffel as '.paris pioneers' but in the end we are talking about a hundred of 'trophy' domains and the companies continue to use other domain names like .fr in parallel...
IMO these geoTLDs mainly exist for political reasons and it's a waste of taxpayer money.