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.cym

by Antony

dotCYM Cyf. is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee which will be applying for and then managing an internet top-level domain for the Welsh linguistic and cultural community.

dotCYM has been campaigning for a top level Internet domain name for the Welsh cultural and linguistic community since 2005. If Wales is successful in bidding for its own domain name, we will have access to:

Good domain names for Welsh businesses (short, descriptive, and memorable) which will be much cheaper than the thousands of pounds that good .com names now cost.
A home for Welsh culture of every type to demonstrate the richness of our Welsh heritage and the opportunities we have for a better quality of life.
A domain name structure which supports the Welsh language and addresses bilingualism and gives a renewed focus for Welsh literature and Welsh speaking communities.
A significant boost to marketing Welsh businesses with our own portals – hotels.cym and visit.cym will boost tourism and cut advertising costs (at the moment, a search for ‘welsh hotel’ on Google returns 3,460,000 results, but we have less than 5000 hotels and B&Bs – a wide range of non-local resellers are responsible for the extra results, and the extra costs they create are passed on to visitors, making us less competitive)
Better search results – Google and Yahoo have confirmed that local domains like .cym will score higher in searches including related terms like Wales or Cymru.

Our own domain will also result in more Welsh internet spending remaining in Wales – at the moment, Welsh internet users spend most of their money outside Wales, which is a damaging drain our economy cannot afford. Highlighting Welsh businesses will make it easier for people to choose Welsh companies. What’s more, a .cym extension will make it easier to police eCrime in Wales, as well as eCrime which targets Welsh internet users, making Wales a safer place to be online.

http://www.dotcym.org

Consumer Benefits: Residents of Wales and speakers of Welsh
Supporters: Cardiff City Council (capital of Wales); Deputy Leader Cllr Neil McEvoy; Tom Brooks, Westminster All Parliamentary IT Committee; Peter Black AM; Bethan Jenkins AM; Jill Evans MEP; Welsh Language Board

September 4, 2009 Comments Off

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“I conclude that ICANN’s proposed framework for introducing new TLDs is likely to improve consumer welfare by facilitating entry and creating new competition to the major gTLDs such as .com, .net, and .org. Like other actions that remove artificial restrictions on entry, the likely effect of ICANN’s proposal is to increase output, lower price and increase innovation. This conclusion is based on the fundamental principles that competition promotes consumer welfare and restrictions on entry impede competition.”

— Dennis Carlton, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago
"For more than three decades I have been trying to try to raise awareness about the very real and growing threat of the climate crisis. Today, as a part of this effort, I am here to propose a new top-level domain called “dot eco” for corporate, non-governmental, and individual environmental websites."

— Al Gore, Vice President
“A local business won’t have to outbid a guy in Kansas to get TonysPizza.com. They’ll be able to get TonysPizza.nyc.”

— Council Speaker Christine Quinn, City of New York
"Dot NYC is the best real estate deal since the Dutch bought Manhattan."
— Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch
"Securing this top-level domain, as conceived and proposed by the Dot Horse Project, LLC, represents the best interests of our horse industry and will continue to solidify Lexington as the Horse Capital of the World."

— Jim Newberry, Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky
"The new TLD process will bring innovation and competition to the DNS in a responsible and controlled manner."

— Demand Media (DAG, 13, April 2009)
"My government would certainly welcome and support a dot Sydney domain."

- Nathan Rees, New South Wales Premier.
"New gTLDs have many potential marketing, brand management and enhanced security benefits for all types of organizations."

— Verisign
“Dot Eco LLC, it’s partners and Sierra Club share
similar missions – to protect our communities and planet. Dot Eco has our full support for its application to ICANN for the .eco top level domain.”

— Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director
"We've heard from many people who are extremely interested in securing new TLDs. They are pleased to see that there is someone in the industry focusing their attention on helping them achieve their vision. It's a very exciting time for the industry."

— Adrian Kinderis, CEO AusRegistry International
"Why .africa?...there is the increasing trend of economic and political integration. E-commerce and e-banking is now possible; there is a chance to work together, share knowledge and avoid misunderstandings through the Internet. .africa could play a big role."

- Andrew Mack, AMGlobal Consulting
“At Tucows we believe that the most successful new domain names will be those that have a strong community and that people will want to identify with. We believe both of these definitely apply to dot gay. We think that this is the type of new domain that will lead to people changing their views on the way naming on the Internet works.”

— Elliot Noss, President & CEO, Tucows.com
"The introduction of the .sco suffix on all official e-mail addresses and websites would enhance the positive Scottish brand at official level."

—Christine Grahame, Member of the Scottish Parlement
Potential New TLDs