Almost any domain suffix to be allowed
Until recently, the top-level domain names used in URLs were limited to a small list containing such domains as .com and .net. (The system is explained in an article I wrote a few years ago.) Now, however, the governing body ICANN has voted to allow just about anything (provided you pay for it). ZDNet reports:
At its meeting in Paris, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a not-for-profit organization that oversees the naming scheme for web sites, voted to accept a proposal that will allow companies to purchase new top-level domain names ending in almost whatever suffix they choose.
So, for example, instead of being restricted to sites ending in .com or .org., eBay could have a site that ends in .ebay, or New York City could end its website address with .nyc.
The new naming process will begin in 2009. The first suffixes will probably be given to businesses and other major organizations. Countries are expected to keep their specific suffixes, but, as in the example above, cities could also get individualized URLs, such as .london or .chicago.
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