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ICANN bans dotless domains (Google related)

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to ban the use of dotless domain names

http://www.zdnet.com/icann-has-decided-to-ban-the-use-of-dotless-domains-7000019514/

 

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Contrary to popular thinking, Google doesn't always get its way when it comes to all things Internet -- at least, not if the latest pronouncement from ICANN is any indication.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization in charge of a major overhaul of Internet addresses, ruled this week that it's passed a resolution prohibiting so-called dotless domain names, essentially putting the kibosh on Google's plans for a dotless "http://search" domain.

 

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57598967-93/icann-no-dotless-domains-for-you-google/

 

 

So basically Google was pushing for a dotless domain of "http://search". If this would have fallen through imagine how much damage it would have done to other search engine providers, because users would know to just type search in their browser and not even worry about if they should use Google, Bing, Yahoo, Etc. In my opinion the ICANN has done a wonderful thing by not letting one company dominate the possibility a dotless top level domain. In addition as the articles have pointed out that by not implementing dotless domains it preservers compatibility across intranets and internets across the globe by not breaking some fundamental transfer protocols.

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I don't understand why google would want that domain name anyways. Do people actually just type "search" in the address bar? That and doesn't every modern browser just automatically search for what you type in the bar now anyways? I might just be giving internet users too much credit and that there could still be a significant amount of people that don't know what the hell they are doing.

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Other search engines could have used this as well. It wasn't just Google who would be using it. And most of us probably already search this way you just type your search query into the address bar and it goes to the search engine of your choice. IE6 had this feature already. 

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Other search engines could have used this as well. It wasn't just Google who would be using it. And most of us probably already search this way you just type your search query into the address bar and it goes to the search engine of your choice. IE6 had this feature already. 

No, Google would have physically owned the top level domain "http://search" if ICANN approved Google's request.

 

Nevertheless, Google needn't give up entirely on all its plans. There's still the possibility that it may end up owning the .search generic top-level domain (gTLD), even if it's not allowed to operate it as a dotless domain.

from cnet article in OP.

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No, Google would have physically owned the top level domain "http://search" if ICANN approved Google's request.

 

 

 

Google had big plans to turn http://search into a service where users could choose among a number of search websites that registered to be a part of it.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/17/icann-dotless-domain-google-search/

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Google had big plans to turn http://search into a service where users could choose among a number of search websites that registered to be a part of it.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/17/icann-dotless-domain-google-search/

But Google still would have physical ownership of the domain, meaning they could abuse that power and "suggest" you only use Google search.

 

To be honest I don't believe it would have worked out as nicely you envision it to be. If Google has ownership then they can abuse that privileged and use it to benefit them.

 

Heck if everything were so nice why doesn't chrome default to using Bing as their search engine?

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But Google still would have physical ownership of the domain, meaning they could abuse that power and "suggest" you only use Google search.

 

To be honest I don't believe it would have worked out as nicely you envision it to be. If Google has ownership then they can abuse that privileged and use it to benefit them.

 

Heck if everything were so nice why doesn't chrome default to using Bing as their search engine?

 

I never said Google wouldn't own it. I said other search engines could make use of it. And it would probably default to Google. Just like Chrome defaults to Google, Firefox defaults to Google, Safari defaults to Google. And IE defaults to Bing. I don't think Google would increase in market share because of this. It would just mean that every browser would have search from the address bar without having to specifically code it.

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