Internet's new .COMs are here. Will the real .COM Die?

I was born in the year when the first domain or the website name as we say was registered. Ever since, more than anything else, I would put a .com in the end to find out something on the internet. That was a time when Google was still in a crib and Yahoo was the big daddy. It has always been the .COM domains in my search.

There was an occasional odd one out though a .NET, .IN, .ORG would creep in from somewhere but it was always the .COMs.

Moving  forward.  It’s  now time for the Internet to reincarnate. Launch of the new gTLD domains changed the world of website names overnight. It literally challenged the very existence of the beloved .COM domains. Since, the inception of new gTLD domains like .Web,  .SEXY, .LOVE, CATHOLIC,  .SURGERY etc. They have been eating up the number that once belonged to a simple .COM domain. Several have been released for public and several others will be releasing shortly replacing .COM with something more meaningful.

Realistically, It’s a great move and it gives the end user an ability to see ahead. To know what would be the content in a site without having to check is an achievement in itself. Thanks to the investors. Parents would now be able to get a headsUp on what they would be opening in front of their kids and save themselves from the embarrassment of opening up a sleazy site.

For now, all looks good. The one question that one may have is the likability to these domains. Will our generation embrace this change who is so much into selling the keyword domains at an obnoxious price. Will the .COM domains have a way around the corner or will it submit itself into defeat against these young guns.