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[English translation follows]
Il y a 15 ans, qui se souciait de lancer son site Internet? Qui se souciait d’avoir un email? Dans toute activité commerciale, qui peut aujourd’hui se permettre de ne pas exploiter l’outil et média Internet?
2010 est très probablement le «second virage» Internet que personne n’attend; devenir propriétaire de sa propre extension de nom de domaine: l’équivalent du «.COM» Pourquoi pas une extension de nom de domaine destinée à l’industrie de VIN?
Votre cru porte le nom de www.mon-grand-cru.fr. Pourquoi ne pas envisager www.mon-grand-cru.VIN?
En 2010 un « .VIN », c’est possible. Lancer une nouvelle extension .VIN permet d’identifier sur Internet la communauté du vin. On entend par « communauté », tous les acteurs du vin dans le monde qui souhaitent être mieux représentés sur Internet.
Lancer un “.VIN” présente de nombreux avantages:
- Favoriser l’exportation en allouant au vin une identification précise sur Internet
- Valoriser et préserver un patrimoine gastronomique mais aussi … culturel
- Pour l’utilisateur final, être mieux référencé dans les outils de recherche lorsque
l’extension du nom de domaine sera prise en compte dans leurs algorithmes - Investir dans un modèle économique extrêmement lucratif : un nom de domaine se
renouvelle chaque année - Lancer une nouvelle extension attire le regard des consommateurs et de l’industrie
concernée - Un nom de domaine commun se vend très cher aux enchères (ex : “cave.vin”)
- Plusieurs noms de domaine vendus aux enchères permettent de financer partie de votre
investissement - Préparer l’avenir…
Fifteen years ago, who thought about putting up a web site? Who imagined using email? In every commercial activity, who today can afford not to exploit the Internet?
2010 is very probably the “second turning point” of the Internet that no-one expected, where one can manage their own domain name extension, the equivalent of .COM. Why not a top-level domain for the wine industry?
Your vintage today carries the name www.mon-grand-cru.fr. Why not look for www.mon-grand-cru.VIN? In 2010 a .VIN is possible.
Starting the new .VIN extension allows the wine community to be identfiable on the Interenet. We mean by “community” all those in the wine industry around the world who want wine to be better represented on the Internet.
Launching .VIN has a number of advantages:
- Helps exports by allowing wine to have a specific identity on the Internet
- Preserves and validates a gastronomic and cultural patrimony
- For the end-user, provides a better results in search engines because the domain name will be taken into account by their algorithms
- An investment in a lucrative business model: domain names are renewed every year
- Launching a new extension will attract the attention of consumers and the wine industry
- Some generic domain names can be sold at auction for high prices (e.g., “cave.vin”)
- Many domain names sold at auction will allow us to finance a part of the investment
- Prepare for the future [of the wine industry]
Consumer Benefits: Producers, distributors, retailers of wine, and people who drink and appreciate wine.
Supporters: Jean Guillon, fans of wine everywhere
September 9, 2009 Comments Off
.cym
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.
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
