PARIS (AFP) — Web regulators Thursday voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in Internet history, a French web official said.
The overhaul is expected to radically change the way users navigate the Internet and has major implications for businesses and consumers worldwide.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board approved the change at its annual general meeting in Paris, according to Loic Damilaville, deputy head of the French domain name body, the AFNIC.
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Recently the sales threads have been going unanswered with so many sellers bumping them to no avail.
There has been a discussion and some say its due to recession and buyers are applying the “wait and watch” approach. I believe that this is due to a mix of the recession scare, the possibility of extensions being free and on demand; and also the Snowe bill, which aims to make a domainers life more difficult. Some no longer feel domains are the securest of Investments, looking at shocking reverse domain hijacking cases being thrown into limelight. I dotn want to sound overly pessimistic, but a lot of negatives are creeping up and comparative newbies like myself can only brace for the future.
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I have completed one year of domaining today. With a confused and haphazard start, forums like DNF and NP provided a good source of info to be on the learning curve. I started off with almost $3500 in Investment, and at a point in time it looked to be a total loss of time and money. But I’ve seen that reading up on these forums, its not so difficult to ride the domaining bandwagon after all 
Still a lot to learn, but I’m sure glad i found this business, and i’m not leaving anytime soon!!!
