[racbart]

For anyone like me interested in which new gTLDs were introduced but was surprised that their names were not included in the blog post:

شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) — Arabic for "web/network"

онлайн (xn--80asehdb) — Cyrillic for "online"

сайт (xn--80aswg) — Cyrillic for "site"

游戏 (xn--unup4y) — Chinese for "game(s)"

Source: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20131023_first_new_gtlds_go_li...

[srhngpr]

Thanks for the list. I was trying to find it as well.

Serious question: what would sway one to register and use one of the above extensions compared to what's already out there? Other than localized content, I can't imagine typing شبكة would be simple...

Also, شبكة is also relevant in Farsi (Persian).

[dsl]

> I can't imagine typing شبكة would be simple...

It is pretty easy if that is your native keyboard. http://www.foreignlanguagekeyboard.com/images/kbarabic[1].jp...

[mikeash]

"Other than localized content...."

I have a hard time comprehending your question. They've added a bunch of non-English TLDs which are clearly for use by non-English sites, but when you ask why someone would use them, you exclude the obvious use-case out of hand.

Aside from communicating with computers and other humans, what would anyone use the internet for?

[wiml]

Hmm. On my (US) Mac, switch input method to Arabic, hit af;m and get شبكة . So no harder to type than "info" really if you already have your machine set up to switch between Arabic and Roman/Latin keyboard layouts.

[th0br0]

Thanks for the list!

It is somewhat ironic, that none of the registries are in (one of) the language's home countries... most especially given the recent NSA things happening.

[ultimatedelman]

yeah, i couldn't believe they were talking about all these new gTLDs and then neglected to mention any of them.

[wyclif]

It would be helpful if there were a list of all the new TLDs.

[petepete]

Not exactly a 'list', but many of them are here: http://gtld.123-reg.co.uk/

edit: Here's a list: https://gist.github.com/peteryates/7132974

[wyclif]

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for but couldn't find.

[seky]

You're right, thanks for supplying the info