.lgbt — Internet’s first top-level domain for the LGBT community launches

[William769]

The internet’s first top-level domain (TLD), dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community — .lgbt — launched this week.

The .LGBT domain is the first and only web address dedicated to the LGBT community, and registration is open to businesses, organizations and other entities who wish to reach this community through a .lgbt web address,

“The large and vibrant LGBT community now has an Internet address that embraces the full breadth and diversity of LGBT people around the world in a protected, inclusive manner,” said Roland LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer of Afilias, the Dublin-based global domain registrar behind the .LGBT domain.

“The new .LGBT domain provides email and site addresses that instantly convey ‘LGBT-friendly’. Innovative companies and organizations like the ones below know that .LGBT will help them stand out in an increasingly crowded marketplace for goods, services and ideas for this distinctive community,” said LaPlante.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/02/lgbt-internets-first-top-level-domain-for-the-lgbt-community-launches/

[shenmue]

1. Pink News has a site there!

[William769]

2. Great!

But I think it will make my website look funny. www.lgbtworld.lgbt

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. It might but if you can buy the domain, I'd do it.

lgbtworld@lgbt, I mean, not the entire thing.

[William769]

4. I checked and it is available.

All I would have to do after I buy the domain is re point my name servers.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. In that case, I'd do it.

It can be accessible either way, then. A lot of companies will buy the .com and .net version of their website names to sew up the market so no one else can use it because it can be confusing otherwise.

[William769]

6. As you can see I ended up with .info

Was not even close to what I wanted.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. No, so this one might be better. Easier to remember.

[William769]

8. The only thing I would be hesitant about

The address I have now is number 2 on the first page of google.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Yes, that is a problem.

It's also about the extent of my knowledge of the logic of web addresses.

[William769]

10. Ranking on google go by hits.

It took me over a year to get to that position. & for race car fans & lgbt fans, I am shooting for the pole position!

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. LOL!