Emojis are digital icons or symbols used to express emotions, ideas, objects, and concepts in text-based communication.
Originating from Japanese mobile culture they have become a global standard in messaging, social media, and online communication.
Emojis can represent facial expressions (), animals (
), food (
), activities (
), and much more. They help convey tone and emotion, making text-based communication more engaging and expressive.
In 2001 ICANN released some single-character symbol .com domains and in 2010, Unicode adopted 33 of these symbols as emojis. This created 33 rare single-character emoji .com domains such as .com.
Read some fascinating details about this unique group of domain names courtesy of .com.
Thanks for the article & links! We own a few of these emoji and single-character symbol .com domains. Yes, one would expect these names would be better appreciated, and that wealthy folk or more forward-looking businesses would imagine a clever side-door to their operations via ✫.com or
.com … In a too-often grim world, such domains are Fun!