The last few days have seen the emergence of what many consider will be a new period of growth in the internet with ICANN voting to increase the number of top-level domains (tld) on the market and affectively open the flood gates. But will it really make a big difference?

While there are many that are concerned that the idea of issuing any reasonable request for a new tld will blow the market wide open and attract all kinds of fraudsters and scammers, there are other that believe the old .com, .co.uk, etc will always hold major sway over internet users and webmasters.

Would you feel more inclined to buy from a .ebay tld? Would you trust your finances with a .banking tld?

The truth is that like so many new ideas which have hit the internet over the last 20 years, nobody knows how they will work out and the long term impact they may or may not have.

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