June 16, 2011
5:14 a.m.
I'm told there are a good number of good things about the .cat TLD. And I believe judgment on its success should be on the positive impact it has on the Catalonian community, not number of sales. I'd love to know more about the impact it is having. If 1,000 domain names were carefully developed and it created an improved culture and economy, I'd judge it huge success.
That's a lot of if's. Don't you think it would have been a good idea to do some research before rushing off to promote your vanity TLD? As far as I can tell, people in Catalonia think that .CAT is swell, but its effect is minimal. When I was in Barcelona for MAAWG last year, I saw a mix of .cat, .es, and .com domains in signs and ads. R's, John