Everyone wants a domain name. Specifically, people like .com, .net, .org, .co.uk, and that’s about it. Nobody has ever wanted .museum to represent their business. Why would they? When you give out a web address to someone, a lot of the time you’ll find they go “is that .com?” It’s the first one they think of. .biz? .info? Eugh. Yet they all exist. And now, the .xxx domain is finally here! The one absolutely nobody has been waiting for.

The theory behind the .xxx domain is that it will make sure everyone knows where the porn is. Except it won’t, obviously. You think companies that have spent millions of dollars promoting a .com porn site, are going to just up and move to .xxx?
Porn won’t be banned from .com domains, either. So there will still be porn on .com, and more porn on .xxx. What was the point of this again? Continue reading More Domain Name Scaremongering →