What Does Vint Cerf Think Regarding Fresh Top Level Domains?
Father of the Internet thinks there needs be a solid rationale for adding fresh TLDs.
Domain investor George Kirikos recently found an article by Tim Berners-Lee, a key inventor of the World Wide Web, explaining his opposition to adding fresh top level domain names. It got me thinking, “what do other notable people in the internet world think regarding fresh TLDs?”
The answer for Vint Cerf was right under my nose on Reglike.
Cerf is considered a “father of the internet” and was involved in many of the notable early inventions for the internet. He also chaired the board of ICANN earlier this decade, and now works for Google.
At the Domain Roundtable conference in 2006, Cerf explained his view on adding top level domain names. I summarized it as follows:
Some people have misunderstood Cerf’s position with regards to adding fresh domains. He stated he is not opposed to adding fresh TLDs. What he advocates, still, is having a solid rationale for adding fresh TLDs. Cerf believes the processes and outcomes of the first two rounds of TLD adds were not satisfactory. He hopes for the process to be revised by the end of the year.
I question if ICANN’s current rationale for adding fresh top level domain names is solid.
Ironically, .Mobi had a coming out party at that same conference in 2006.
