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The Public Suffix List is “just a list”
A rather important piece of internet infrastructure in a plain text list
Domains by the numbers
400 million domains registered, 63 character maximum, $70 million for ai.com, 13 root servers, $10.26 for a .com
Unique identifiers
When semantic meaning is scarce, things get interesting
Domainia
An interactive top-level domain wiki before the next wave of TLDs
Dot org is not not for profit
The nonprofit nearly taken over by private equity, but for the California attorney general
Dot meow: the next queer corner of the Internet
Like selling Subarus to lesbians
Emma Stone still doesn’t really own her domain
Squarespace’s Super Bowl ad is noteworthy for selling personal domains, and FOMO
Your domain is your “internet handle”
Enshittification, credible exit, open social, and your phone number
Holiday gift guide: domains for the whole family
This holiday season, buy your creative friends and family their own corner of the internet
r/domains
Earn an MBA for domains on Reddit
ICANN is not a boring bureaucracy
Internet governance drama buried in acronyms
A brief history of domains
This year, dot com turned 40
You can’t spell Anguilla without AI
AI's economic impact on Anguilla is second to none, but why should the rest of the world care?
Talking domains
Researching at StartupCincy Week, ICANN84, NamesCon
Googol.com
Why did Google really sell Google Domains, and was it a mistake?
One thousand five hundred ninety two TLDs
The et al of dot com et al
Wholesale domains
License and registration of top-level domains
Eminent domains
When domains go dark and countries reclaim their digital land
Domains were the new gold
Has the golden era of domain investing already passed?
Domains by Wordle
Using Wordle's original word list to gauge domain availability, use, and aftermarket pricing