In an attempt to getting NARALO back onto discussion of domain name issues that we are mandated to understand (hopefully enough to comment upon in the public interest), I would like to bring your attention to the issue of "dotless domains". Ie, "http://domain" or "http://example" Dotlesss domains were explicitly ruled out of the new gTLD expansion, according to 2.2.3.3 of the Applicant Guidebook. The SSAC has come out strongly against them, in this round or any others, in SSAC-053. Yet Google wants to designate .search as dotless<http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/10/google-wants-to-operate-search-as-a-dotless...>, having applied originally based on the premise that it would not be. Apparently, the issue is still being considered and has not been abruptly rejected as one might have thought. I am still learning about the issue, though at first glance I am puzzled by any move that would seem to retroactively contravene the application rules. I further don't see any great benefit to the public interest that would offset the SSAC's concerns about stability. I would like to know what others know or think on the matter. -- Evan Leibovitch Toronto Canada Em: evan at telly dot org Sk: evanleibovitch Tw: el56