ICANN Nixes Google Quest for Dotless Domains

Slipping quietly under the radar on a dog day Friday was some interesting tech news. ICANN, a/k/a "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers," recently voted to turn down Google's request for "dotless domains" that the Mountain View company could introduce and own. The story was reported earlier today in theverge.com.

"Http://cloud" was one domain Google had requested. The intention, in this case, was to direct users to a "user-specified" cloud services platform.

Theverge.com story notes that other firms share Google's lust for control of selected top-level domain names. Amazon, for example, has made its interest known for control of ".book" and ".amazon". It doesn't seem far-fetched to envision famous enterprises such as the Yankees or entertainers such as Jay-Z requesting top-level domain names. Hey, dot-(name your religion), anyone?