Support New TLDs » cymru http://www.supportnewtlds.com the Internet will benefit from new top-level domains Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 .cym http://www.supportnewtlds.com/cym/ http://www.supportnewtlds.com/cym/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:36:28 +0000 Antony http://www.supportnewtlds.com/?p=293 dotcym_logodotCYM 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.

dotcym_second_logoOur 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

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