08|12|2008 10:58 am EDT
Wales to Apply for New TLD
According to Philip Virgo of ComputerWeekly, Wales is preparing to apply for their own sponsored top-level domain - .cym - in order to reverse the economic outflow from Wales in e-commerce.
The Welsh Assembly Goverment has expressed an issue with the majority of Welsh shoppers buying from non-Welsh sites and fewer non-Welsh buyers purchasing from Welsh businesses.
“In confirming the intent to apply for a TLD for Wales, Ieuan Wyn Jones fulfilled a desire that has been strongly expressed by Parliamentarians in both Cardiff and Westminster,” Virgo said on his blog. “An early day motion in the House of Commons was signed by 24 MPs of all parties. In the Welsh Assembly, the House Committee passed a vote of support by a large margin.”
The Welsh TLD would be used by organizations, companies, and individuals around the globe that express themselves in the Welsh language and/or look to encourage Welsh culture.
[via ComputerWeekly.com]
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3 Comments
Jeff
August 12, 2008 @ 11:41 am EDT
Given how close .cym is with .com, it seems like a risky extension to try to get approved by ICANN.
Sean Wood
August 12, 2008 @ 12:19 pm EDT
This new TLD thing is rediculous. Any company that thinks they can use the TLD without owning the equivalent .com will result in traffic leakage.
Internet users are going to get so confused with this change in rules to allow such names. What a mess the governing bodys have allowed in the roll out of the internet.
Alex Dervy
August 12, 2008 @ 3:05 pm EDT
Well, .cym is sounds good. I think that more top-level domains are good for all.