Germany

New options for web addresses soon to be available

Berlin - Internet users will soon have more options for selecting the name of their web site. Traditional endings like ".com" or ."org" will soon be supplemented with many new ones, such as ".sports," ".perfume," or ".paris." Companies or individuals who can show a compelling interest will be given priority, reports the industry association BITKOM from Berlin. 

That means that users with relatively uncommon last names who live in Berlin have a good chance of acquiring a related web address, such as http://www.janedoe.berlin. That phase will come in early 2009 at the earliest. 

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