Expert view: James Bladel

With the release of applications for the new gTLD process, we asked a number of industry experts for their views of what the information shows.

James Bladel

Director of Policy Planning, GoDaddy

Before ICANN opened the new gTLD application process, Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman cautioned ICANN to take the time to carefully launch new gTLDs. We've already seen a few bumps along the way, like the TAS 'glitch.'

On the Internet, most people still think of dot-com as the extension for websites. It will be interesting to see which new gTLD extensions gain traction with the public. As has been our practice, we will look to our customers to tell us what they want when it comes to deciding which new gTLDs Go Daddy should offer.

GoDaddy is the world's largest domain name seller. It is also applying for three new gTLDs: dot-casa, dot-home and dot-godaddy.