May 30, 2006 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Interest in “customized domain names” continues to grow amongst users looking for options that allow domain names to become more meaningful and representative of the business, organization or site they represent. The possibilities are endless, with domains such as “www.really.popular” and “www.pop.star” readily available.
dotWORLDS (http://.www.dotworlds.net) is one of the companies spearheading the usage of such domains and offers email addresses and free web hosting for new customized domains. As Brian Retkin, Director of dotWORLDS Ltd. points out, "This is a very exciting development. We offer choice in what was an increasingly restricted market. Now, people have the ability to use domain names for what they were intended: a memorable, relevant and fun way for people to find websites and content on the Internet. We have already seen communities springing up around some of the free domains that we offer, such as ".music", and with the freedom to invent Internet addresses they really want, people are turning to these dotWORLDS to express themselves."
As the company themselves explain, the domains they offer are not part of ICANN but “a Private Global Network that has been opened up to the general public.” dotWORLDS domain owners are responsible for configuring the domains they register, which they can currently do free of charge from the company’s website.
