• Melbourne gets its own Top Level Domain - .melbourne
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[quote]MELBOURNE is set to get its own internet top-level domain with the global web address regulator ticking off on the change. The global governing body for domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the .melbourne top-level domain after a year-long evaluation, says technology provider ARI Registry Services. The state government, city of Melbourne and ARI Registry Services underwent a year-long application for the new top-level domain. Read more: [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/melbourne-to-get-own-domain-name/story-e6frfro0-1226640643150#ixzz2T4i10kDM[/url] [/quote] I think this must be a first, I've never heard of a city with its own domain name
this is silly
I live in Melbourne, and I say this is stupid. That's right, you've heard it from a real life Melbournian. Now go forth into the world with this knowledge.
why not .mel or .melb or something
(I really don't know what I was getting at here) thanks merge
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;40614840]why not .mel or .melb or something[/QUOTE] .melb would make more sense. Much easier to write
[QUOTE=download;40614825]I think this must be a first, I've never heard of a city with its own domain name[/QUOTE] Well except for citystates like Singapore and San Marino and so on. Why Melbourne of all places? I would have thought we'd have a .nyc or .lon or .mos before .melbourne.
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;40614840]why not .mel or .melb or something[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/18/article-2190381-149A85D5000005DC-484_634x356.jpg[/img]
soon we'll have .melc and .mela
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;40614860]Well except for citystates like Singapore and San Marino and so on. Why Melbourne of all places? I would have thought we'd have a .nyc or .lon or .mos before .melbourne.[/QUOTE] Guess they were the first to try get one. I thought Sydney would be the first Australian city though to get one though
Domain names longer than 4 chars are dumb.
Pretty weird but I think it'd be cool for local businesses to get their name followed by the city they're located in "markscafe.melbourne" ect.
so can we have .thepeoplesrepublicofchina next?
[QUOTE=Hamsterjuice;40615030]so can we have .thepeoplesrepublicofchina next?[/QUOTE] They already have one, it's .cn
[QUOTE=Hamsterjuice;40615030]so can we have .thepeoplesrepublicofchina next?[/QUOTE] .democraticpeoplesrepublicofkorea
that's it, change our domains to __.com.australia
someone please get ihate.melbourne
[QUOTE=Maximum Mod;40615094]someone please get ihate.melbourne[/QUOTE] sydneyshitson.melbourne
.com and such are standard for a reason. Once you have ~special~ affixes all you're going to do is annoy people.
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can we have one for Brisbane/Ipswich but make it .goon please?
.theformeryugoslavrepublicofmacedonia perfect
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;40615161]can we have one for Brisbane/Ipswich but make it .goon please?[/QUOTE] Goon is fucking nasty, but why should it be just an Ipswich domain?
dontgoto.melbourne :v: I can see this backfiring on them pretty fast!
[QUOTE=download;40615272]Goon is fucking nasty, but why should it be just an Ipswich domain?[/QUOTE] you haven't been to ipswich have you
What a crappy TLD.
.theunitedkingdomofgreatbritainandnorthernireland
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;40615526]you haven't been to ipswich have you[/QUOTE] I have, there are much worse places in Australia
Now, someone named Melbourne needs to buy a domain. Melbourne.melbourne
[QUOTE=download;40615671]I have, there are much worse places in Australia[/QUOTE] true, but the lad problem here is overwhelming, i spoke to some the other day but i knew he was telling me a load of shit
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