Technology14.06.2012

Strangest top-level domain applications

Domains

Following the release of thousands of applications for generic top-level domains by ICANN, tech news site Cnet spotted some strange domain name requests among the more typical “.google” and “.apple” applications.

Google applied for a variety of domain names, ranging from the more serious ‘.google’, to the light-hearted, including ‘.lol’, ‘.wow’ and ‘.fun’.

Other companies tended to be more specific with their applications, including Singapore’s Changi Airport and Discover Card, which paid the $185,000 application fee to secure ‘.changiairport’ and ‘.cashbackbonus’, respectively.

Demand Media is a content farm with a stake in more than 130 top-level domains. These include ‘.airforce’, ‘.army’, ‘.navy’ and ‘.ninja’ – domains which may in future be used by the four deadliest types of armed forces.

Other stand-out names included ‘.citadel’ applied for by Citadel Investment Group, and ‘.unicorn’ applied for by European IT company, Unicorn.

Read the full story at: Cnet.

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