Dissenting boys and girls, there’s no need to be upset by the way things are changing in the domain namespace.
As mandated by ICANN, gTLDs are not an experiment of a couple of new extensions, they are a relentless tsunami and are here to stay. Better take a deep breath if you don’t plan to ride the wave!
Haters of gTLDs form an angry mob.
If you can’t keep up with the times, that’s one thing; to talk down on something innovative and different, is another. Nobody forces you to eat gourmet vanilla dessert, if you’re so fixated on getting stuffed with chocolate.
It seems that those that simply don’t like gTLDs carry over the same kind of traits. Here’s an analysis of the 8 key points of a gTLD hater:
- gTLD haters are fixated with the past: Dot .mobi failed! None of this will ever, ever work! (there are hundreds of new gTLDs, not just one; a new era is being created)
- gTLD haters believe that long tail hyphenated .com domains are better than precise, one word brands with an extension that matches the function, role or industry one is targeting.
- gTLD haters don’t like change and don’t want to get off their asses: why change it if it works? (well, it might stop working soon, how’s that!)
- gTLD haters are obsessed with size: WTF dude! More than 3 letters in the TLD and it sucks! Nobody will type that in! (who types in the long tail junk then, smarty pants?)
- gTLD haters have no relationship with the tech, marketing or branding industries: It’s .com or bust! (good luck risking bust then!)
- gTLD haters have mob mentality: But Rick commanded that gTLDs are worse than pigeon shit! (ok, and you usually walk on fire just because someone asked you to?)
- gTLD haters have no time to come up with research-supported data: Doh, gTLDs suck, anything that is not .com sucks, oh, and Europe sucks too, also, the Chinese suck! (wow, superb argument, Einstein.)
- gTLD haters are angry, because they are afraid: Well, my .com portfolio has been making its reg fees every year! (looks like you’re about to discover a few monetization surprises in 2014.)
Whether one loves or hates gTLDs, one thing is certain: savvy domain investors are already picking the best chunks of gold – do you want to be left with the shreds instead?
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