tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post7077205268411628273..comments2023-12-09T00:49:20.257-05:00Comments on WWVB : What Would Vannevar Blog?: Pittsburgh needs a PGH Top Level Domain (TLD)Vannevarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-73677751837257106612010-01-10T09:27:13.124-05:002010-01-10T09:27:13.124-05:00Take a look at our Advantages of the .nyc TLD wiki...Take a look at our Advantages of the .nyc TLD wiki page for the breadth of areas where a city-TLD may have an impact. Size of city might make different features more or less applicable, for example, Pittsburgh might have the local networking capacity we lack here in NYC.<br /><br />http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/advantages-of-the-nyc-tld<br /><br />Good luck.<br /><br />Tom Lowenhaupt, Founder and Director<br />Connecting.nyc Inc.<br />connectingnyc.org<br /><br />P.S. And we surely recommend the Community Model for its development. (Not the standard - sell as many names as possible - model.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636087428479697435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-14947298114969620872009-10-28T15:35:21.611-04:002009-10-28T15:35:21.611-04:00Agreed, it's kick-ass cool, but in the end it&...Agreed, it's kick-ass cool, but in the end it's like Hallmark Holidays, and just an excuse to inflate the price of a domain.<br /><br />Especially with "brand name" sites and businesses, if you don't run the .com you don't run anything. There are exceptions, but they are usually ephemeral (Chris Briem's recent example comes to mind: http://nullspace2.blogspot.com/2009/10/displacement-and-dice.html )<br /><br />Personally, I would buy it for the domains I own, but I probably won't get in a bidding war with anyone over it since I already own the .com<br /><br />Too many people push that new TLDs will generate additional naming capacity, but I don't buy it. I know that isn't what you're saying - I agree with your pitch on the "coolness" factor, but the capacity factor is the most common argument for more TLDs. Personally, I just see all the new .biz, .travel, .etc TLDs as a way to beat the commoditization of URLs, and an implicit admission of that commoditization.Mark Arsenalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577014392699564592noreply@blogger.com