As new domains like .nyc get announced, watch out for bogus web sites like this one

Be careful about sites for new TLDs. Yesterday Information Week reported that Neustar will be running the .nyc domain name when it launches. As definitive news about new top level domains starts hitting the web, people should be careful about misleading web sites promoting the domains. Here’s one example: NYCDomain.org . The domain, owned by a Utah man, is all about the .nyc domain name. And that’s fine. What’s misleading is the description tag — the thing that shows up when you find the site in Google. Here’s what it reads: Welcome to .nyc Domain Names. Official domain name registration provider. Register your .nyc domain in real time here. Hmm. There aren’t any accredited registrars for .nyc yet. If you look back at Google’s cache of the page from March 18, it reads: Pre-Registration for the new dot.NYC Domains TLD is now open. Pre-register your dot .NYC top level domain...

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