The more I think about it the less I like this idea that the percentage of people who manually enter domains to access a site is a measure of the utility of domains. Every cell phone has a phone number, how often do you actually enter a phone number to call or text someone? For me: rarely. That's been largely automated through contact lists or just responding to a call or text or similar. It doesn't mean we should endeavor to remove phone numbers from cell phones tho perhaps that's some sort of idealistic goal for other reasons. You still need to identify the endpoints. And businesses et al still want to identify themselves in other media (e.g., print.) And domains continue to be sold privately for six, seven, and on occasion more, digits in dollars. Some may not like that business, some may even want to suppress it, but nonetheless it is an active business and indicates some out there consider certain domains to be highly valuable. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*