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Google, Trust and the Marketplace

see also www.buzzmachine.com/20... (for comments)

CNET Should Sell News.com to "Dream Team" Bloggers

Note that selling the entire domain is not the only option available. I am very willing to lease sub-domains very cheaply -- and "shared" domains are already used (e.g. I guess blogs.com uses such an arrangement, though I don't really know [just "noticed" that a little while ago]).

Generic sites are what I refer to as the "yellow pages" of the Internet -- and of course they are very valuable properties.

Also, several years ago people would often say "if you get a domain name, make sure it's dot com". People would nod and repeat that without thinking very much. If a network of news bloggers wanted to establish such a network, why wouldn't they do so at news.net or maybe even at news.org.in ?