{"id":444021,"date":"2011-06-20T05:16:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T05:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/20\/big-rise-in-web-domain-suffixes\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T05:16:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T05:16:23","slug":"big-rise-in-web-domain-suffixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/big-rise-in-web-domain-suffixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Big rise in web domain suffixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"39.4679284963\"><span><span>20 June 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>01:16 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A global internet body has voted to allow the creation of new website domain suffixes, the biggest change for the online world in years.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) plans to dramatically increase the number of domain endings from the current 22.<\/p>\n<p>Internet address names will be able to end with almost any word, and be in any language.<\/p>\n<p>Icann will begin taking applications for the new domain names next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Icann has opened the Internet&#8217;s addressing system to the limitless possibilities of the human imagination,&#8221; said Rod Beckstrom, president and chief executive officer for Icann.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one can predict where this historic decision will take us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/technology-13835997\" title=\"Big rise in web domain suffixes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big rise in web domain suffixes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 20 June 2011 Last updated at 01:16 ET A global internet body has voted to allow the creation of new website domain suffixes, the biggest change for the online world in years. 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