Now, the fate of the .CN domain name, like that of many struggling small and medium-sized websites, is hanging by a thread and at a critical juncture. If the suspension of registration of .CN domain names by individual users on December 14, 2009 is a sign that the .CN domain name has cut off its roots, then many domain name registrars today so-called "require that the .CN domain name must be under the name of a company or enterprise." In other words, it can be regarded as completely turning .CN into a living dead.
Before the arrival of this huge Internet storm that has no end yet, .CN was once extremely prosperous, with countless auras surrounding it. Apart from the implicit growth of junk and vulgar information websites derived from the explosive growth of .CN domain names, from a certain perspective, the prosperity of .CN domain names represents the prosperity of the domestic Internet. But now, how should we describe the situation of the .CN domain name? It is lifeless, no one cares about it, it is in an embarrassing situation, its future is unclear, or it is worthless? This tasteless .CN domain name is destined to be less interested in the future, but it The decline caused far more than that. Generally speaking, the decline of the .CN domain name itself has "opened up" a new three-lose situation for us.
Small and medium-sized websites lose their foundation on the Internet
The future of the .CN domain name is bleak, and countless websites will surely be implicated. The .CN domain name registration policy is tightened, and the vulnerable group of small and medium-sized website webmasters are naturally the first to bear the burden.
Webmasters of small and medium-sized websites are such a group. Among them are college students with dreams of starting a business, some are SOHO people, and some regard websites as their second source of income... No matter what their purpose is in joining the Internet, they are all Put sweat and effort into your website. Now, CNNIC regulations have been introduced to restrict individual users from registering .CN domain names. If the losses caused by such a move are negligible, then the upcoming implementation of "personally owned .CN domain names cannot provide the company or enterprise with legal rights." Certificate, after the last day to submit information on January 31, 2010, the registrar will stop parsing services." This approach is simply taking advantage of others.
Everyone knows the importance of a domain name to a website. If parsing is suspended on January 31, 2010, then (conservative estimate) at least hundreds of thousands of websites will be inaccessible because of this, and the efforts of some individual webmasters, which can take as little as a few months or as long as several years, may be lost in an instant. Down the drain.
CNNIC broke trust and lost money
Domain names are basically a profitable business. Statistics show that as of the first half of 2008, the number of .CN domain name registrations has reached 12.188 million. As the registration authority for .CN domain names, CNNIC only charges hundreds of millions of yuan in domain name fees every year.
In this major Internet storm, CCTV used the reason that "CNNIC, as my country's only Internet domain name registration and management agency, has collected huge operating fees, but failed to fulfill its legal responsibilities and failed to strictly implement the real-name system review." And was named by CCTV's "Focus Interview" column. CNNIC, which was criticized, naturally took a series of measures to restrict the use and registration of .CN domain names. Everyone has seen what happened next. The .CN domain name went from being once prosperous to becoming a hot potato overnight.
Due to the tightening of various policies, more and more people have to gradually abandon the .CN domain name while suffering huge losses. As a result, CNNIC, which lost its credibility, also lost a lot of revenue due to the sharp decline in .CN domain name registrations.
Domestic Internet prospects are bleak
If the forced closure of a large number of small and medium-sized websites and the reduction in .CN domain name registrations are regarded as short-term trauma, then the decline of .CN domain names has a profound negative impact on the development of the domestic Internet.
Now, almost every country or region has its own domain name suffix, and .CN of course refers to China. In the future Internet competition, domain name will naturally be a very important part. If the prospects of .CN continue to be bleak and it continues to be notorious as a "junk domain name", the consequences can be imagined; and the dream of "domain name power" is simply a fantasy.
What's more serious is that such a strategy of not distinguishing between black and white and regardless of the consequences has made the living space of individual webmasters and small and medium-sized websites increasingly narrow. Due to the uncertainty of the future, many people are afraid to make any further efforts and instead wait and watch helplessly. If this continues, how should China's Internet develop and where will its outlet be? I don’t know what the direction of the domestic Internet is, but I’m sure that the few corporate websites and official media cannot support the Internet at all.
The .CN domain name once had its glory days, even if it was a virtual prosperity with hidden dangers. But now, with the changes in the general environment, its status has also undergone a 360° transformation. In the past, the .CN domain name may have been very close to spam and vulgar information, so what is its future?