> Google is pushing for dotless-dot-search, so you can guarantee it will > work in chromium (with or without ICANN's blessing).
Here is what a Google employee actually said about Google and dotless domains at last week's ICANN public forum in Durban: >>JORDYN BUCHANAN: HELLO. I'M JORDYN BUCHANAN WITH GOOGLE. I'D LIKE TO >> MAKE SOME OF THE SSR CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TODAY A LITTLE MORE >> CONCRETE AT LEAST WITH A COUPLE EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO >> DISCUSS AS AN APPLICANT FOR NEW gTLDs. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO VERY >> BRIEFLY ADDRESS DOTLESS TLDS. AS PEOPLE MAY KNOW, WE HAVE SUBMITTED >> A APPLICATION AMENDMENT FOR OUR DOT SEARCH TLD THAT DOES INCLUDE A >> REGISTRY SERVICE THAT INCLUDES DOTLESS AND A DOTLESS ELEMENT. WE >> FULLY EXPECT -- AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GUIDEBOOK PROVIDES THAT >> IF AN APPLICANT PROPOSES TO OPERATE A DOTLESS SERVICE, THAT THERE >> WILL BE ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY AND THAT ICANN WILL REVIEW THAT PROCESS >> AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY SECURITY CONCERNS ARE MITIGATED. WE >> APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE POTENTIAL SSR CONCERNS AND WE ARE >> DELIGHTED THAT ICANN WILL FULLY REVIEW THAT BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER >> OR NOT TO ALLOW THAT SERVICE TO BE OPERATED. WE DO NOT INTEND TO >> BYPASS THE PROCESS OR OTHERWISE HAVE OUR AMENDMENT APPROVED PRIOR >> TO THE FULL EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED SERVICE. SECOND, I'D LIKE >> TO POINT OUT WE ARE -- WE'RE THE APPLICANT FOR DOT ADS. IT HAS A >> LOW PRIORITY NUMBER, 392. IT'S UNCONTENDED. THERE ARE NO >> OBJECTIONS. I EXPECT THAT UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WE MIGHT BE >> ABLE TO START TO OPERATE IT IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE, BUT IT'S >> NOT QUITE NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. BECAUSE IT ALSO APPEARS ON THE TOP >> HANDFUL OF POTENTIAL NAME COLLISIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE INTERAISLE >> REPORT OR AT LEAST THE PREVIEW OF IT THAT WE'VE SEEN. TO THAT >> EXTENT I'M HERE TO COMMIT TODAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO OPERATE DOT ADS >> PRIOR TO A FULL EVALUATION OF ANY POTENTIAL SECURITY >> INTERACTIONSMENT WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO AMY AND OTHERS IN THE >> COMMUNITY THAT MAY HAVE ISSUES AND WE'LL START TO WORK ON >> MITIGATION NOW. WE HAVE A CONCRETE EXAMPLE, LET'S START TO WORK ON >> THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE POINT THAT >> WE'RE READY TO START TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER TLDS THAT >> OTHER PEOPLE OPERATE OR ARE CON TENTDED WE WORK THROUGH THIS >> ISSUE. WE WON'T DELEGATE IT UNTIL IT'S SOLVED. [ APPLAUSE. ] >>CHERINE CHALABY: THANK YOU, JORDYN. ANYONE WISH TO COMMENT ON >>JORDYN'S -- FADI. >>FADI CHEHADE: YEAH, JORDYN, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE >>RESPONSIBLE APPROACH YOU'RE TAKING AND GOOGLE IS TAKING HERE. IT'S >>APPRECIATED. AND I THINK EVEN AMY AND OTHERS WOULD APPRECIATE THE >>WAY WE ARE DEALING WITH THESE POTENTIAL ISSUES. SO REALLY, THAT'S >>THE WAY I HOPE ALL OF US WILL COOPERATE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AS A >>COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>CHERINE CHALABY: THANK YOU, FADI. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
