The INSTITUTIONS of nonprofit Internet Center for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a plan to accept global demand top-level domains (gTLDs). TLD books submission guidelines will be completed in June 2011.
ICANN is ready to accept TLD's (Top Level Domain) Request to Serve
TLD is the highest domain in the domain naming. For Instance, PCMag (dot PCMag). ''This decision will usher in a new Internet era. We have provided a platform for a full generation of creativity and inspiration,''said by Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush ICANN Board as quoted pcmag.com.
ICANN TLD has filed a guidebook in March 2011. They approved the 22 TLD, including.. Com, org and .Net. Unfortunately, the last three domains are still dominates the web. Wikipedia provides a list of TLD. Some such. Mil U.S. military use. Gov for government sites and. Edu for educational institutions.
However, not all institutions use the domain according to their business fields. Chief Executive of the Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDOMA) Cary Karp said the Smithsonian Museum of use. Edu. Instead. Museums. A spokesman for the Smithsonian Museum pleaded not know why the agency has not been registered in the domain. Museum.
Meanwhile, Assistant Public Relations Manager for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Robyn Wise gave an explanation that seems plausible also for the Smithsonian Museum. Traffic''via the address. Museums are very small. Less than 2%,''he said.
