Re: Research-y

Another aspect of the expansion of the TLD space, both generic and
non-Latin scripts, is how users will respond to them in terms of
malmail (how's that for a catch-all term?)

Spoofing is an active topic, for example using some non-Latin
character such as the Greek omicron for an 'o' in a domain name, known
as a "homograph attack".

Beyond that is trying to predict or analyze user perceptions if and
when they start seeing new TLDs and IDNs.

To some extent they are exposed to a constant stream of new TLDs now
as ccTLDs such as .ME (Montenegro), .CO (Colombia), .PW (Paulau I
believe, being sold as "professional web") try to market their TLDs
for new purposes.

But 1,000 new TLDs introduced over a year or so plus the expansion
into other scripts could change "common wisdom" about what can be
trusted and what cannot.

Particularly as marketing forces spend $BIGBUCKS to resist any
resistance and encourage acceptance.


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