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Apologies for cross-posting: Check <a href="http://www.whatdomain.org/" style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:24px">http://www.whatdomain.org/</a></p><p style="margin:1.5em 0px;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;line-height:26px;color:rgb(62,76,88)">

The WEB's new neighborhoods</p><p style="margin:1.5em 0px;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;line-height:26px;color:rgb(62,76,88)">Over the next two years more than 1,400 new top-level domains will come online, each a new neighborhood. Think you have places to go now? Wait until you see what’s coming.</p>

</div><div id="open-tlds" class="tld open-tlds" style="overflow:hidden;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="tld__image" style="float:left;text-align:center;width:280.84375px;margin-left:74.890625px">

<div id="open-animation" class="animation open-animation" style="background-color:transparent;width:250px;height:240px;background-repeat:initial initial"><div style="height:240px;overflow:hidden"></div></div></div><div class="tld__description" style="float:left;width:430.625px;margin-left:18.71875px">

<h4 style="line-height:26px;margin-top:1.5em;margin-bottom:1.5em;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(62,76,88)">Open Neighborhoods</h4><p style="margin:1.5em 0px;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;line-height:26px;color:rgb(62,76,88)">

Some new top-level domains will invite anyone to register a domain for any purpose. Need a laugh or want to spread some laughter? Visit a <strong style="color:black">.lol</strong> website, or set up your own. Interested in motherhood? <strong style="color:black">.mom</strong> is there for you. And there will be hundreds more to choose from.</p>

</div></div><div id="idns" class="tld" style="overflow:hidden;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="tld__image" style="float:left;text-align:center;width:280.84375px;margin-left:74.890625px">

<div id="idn-animation" class="animation idn-animation" style="background-color:transparent;width:240px;height:250px;background-repeat:initial initial"><div style="height:250px;overflow:hidden"></div></div></div><div class="tld__description" style="float:left;width:430.625px;margin-left:18.71875px">

<h4 style="line-height:26px;margin-top:1.5em;margin-bottom:1.5em;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(62,76,88)">Internationalized Neighborhoods</h4><p style="margin:1.5em 0px;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;line-height:26px;color:rgb(62,76,88)">

Why let the Roman alphabet have all the fun? This new domain era will see the first top-level domains in numerous other languages and there will be a <a class="tooltip-trigger" style="color:rgb(78,172,128);text-decoration:underline">موقع.</a> for <a class="tooltip-trigger" style="color:rgb(78,172,128);text-decoration:underline">.みんな</a> in the <a class="tooltip-trigger" style="color:rgb(78,172,128);text-decoration:underline"><span style="display:inline-block">.世界</span></a>. The World Wide Web is about to start living up to its name.</p>

</div></div><div id="geo-tlds" class="tld" style="overflow:hidden;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="tld__image" style="float:left;text-align:center;width:280.84375px;margin-left:74.890625px">

<div id="geo-animation" class="animation geo-animation" style="background-color:transparent;width:260px;height:270px;background-repeat:initial initial"><div style="height:270px;overflow:hidden"></div></div></div><div class="tld__description" style="float:left;width:430.625px;margin-left:18.71875px">

<h4 style="line-height:26px;margin-top:1.5em;margin-bottom:1.5em;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(62,76,88)">Geographic Neighborhoods</h4><p style="margin:1.5em 0px;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;line-height:26px;color:rgb(62,76,88)">

We've discussed country code domains like <strong style="color:black">.ca</strong> or <strong style="color:black">.de</strong>. We’ll soon be able to get even more specific with domains related to a specific geography such as a city (visit<strong style="color:black">.boston</strong>) or region (wine<strong style="color:black">.aquitaine</strong>).</p>

</div></div><div id="restricted-tlds" class="tld" style="overflow:hidden;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="tld__image" style="float:left;text-align:center;width:280.84375px;margin-left:74.890625px">

<div id="restricted-animation" class="animation restricted-animation" style="background-color:transparent;width:280px;height:200px;background-repeat:initial initial"><div style="height:200px;overflow:hidden"></div></div>
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Specialized Neighborhoods</h4><p style="margin:1.5em 0px;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;line-height:26px;color:rgb(62,76,88)">Some of the new top-level domains are intended for websites created by members of specific professions, communities, or interests. Looking for a lawyer? A website ending in <strong style="color:black">.esq</strong> will signify a certified legal professional. Similarly, <strong style="color:black">.ngo</strong> will be reserved for non-governmental organizations’ websites, and <strong style="color:black">.catholic</strong> and <strong style="color:black">.shia</strong> for sites representing those religious communities.</p>

</div></div><div id="subnav-stop" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div><div id="closed-tlds" class="tld" style="overflow:hidden;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<div class="tld__image" style="float:left;text-align:center;width:280.84375px;margin-left:74.890625px"><div id="closed-animation" class="animation closed-animation" style="background-color:transparent;width:250px;height:220px;background-repeat:initial initial">

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Gated Neighborhoods</h4><p style="margin:1.5em 0px;font-family:Oxygen,sans-serif;line-height:26px;color:rgb(62,76,88)">Numerous companies have applied for closed top-level domains and will have complete control over what websites to make available on them. These are usually recognized brand names, like <strong style="color:black">.montblanc</strong> or <strong style="color:black">.gucci</strong>. When you visit a website on a closed top-level domain, you can be certain that it’s authorized and overseen by that brand.</p>

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The new generation of top-level domains will start launching in the fall of 2013 and continue rolling out through 2015. We appreciate your time and interest in learning about this major change coming to the Internet and hope that you’ll find some great new places online, and maybe a new home of your own.</p>

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