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Also, via Scripting News, Dan Gillmor: 'Google effect' reduces need for many domains. His argument is thus:

In the early days of the web everyone registered tons of domains to try to specifically match the name of their company or a specific topic. But, "with the rise of search tools that unerringly bring you to the page you want, the need for a highly specific domain name -- one that a casual Web user would be able to guess -- has practically disappeared." This is causing "the separation of the domain-name database from the real-world lookup", and taking some control away from Network Solutions. Thanks to the Google effect, we may not need "thousands of new domain suffixes to go along with .com, .org and the like", because "if you and I can quickly locate the Web address we're seeking, who cares what it's called?".

Where would we be without Google?

A tiny bit of pushback on icann.Blog.

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