A Domain Name For NYC?
A grassroots movement is growing in support of the creation of a ".nyc" Web address for New York City, Newsday reported recently. Backers say the domain name would let the city's small businesses distinguish themselves in the crowded online marketplace.
"When Ford introduced their first car 100 years ago, no one thought to start building roads for it," said Tom Lowenhaupt of Connecting.nyc, the group leading the effort. "We ended up having to tear down miles of the Bronx to build freeways to start accommodating them all. It's the same thing now. We have the opportunity now to plan for the future and start organizing ourselves and our resources in a responsible way."
To get a top-level domain, interested parties must apply to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. In 2008, it will for the first time take applications from cities for domain names, the newspaper said.
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