My forecast: It'll be only slightly more popular than .
The non-profit organization that decides what's allowed on the Internet is ICANN, the . For years, Internet addresses were limited to five in the United States, one of which went at the end of each address. There was .com, .org, .net. .gov and .mil. Originally, .net was meant for use only by the computers of network access providers, and .org was the catch-all for sites that didn't fit into the commercial, government or military categories. In reality, the lines between .com, .net and .org have been erased.
A decade ago during the dot-com boom, ICANN to expand the domain space. In the end, the corporation created thirteen new top-level names between 2001 and 2005.
Pop quiz: Name them!
You probably remember .biz and .info. But most Internet users are completely unaware of .name, .pro, .aero, .coop, .museum, .asia, .cat, .jobs, .mobi, .tel and .travel.