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Sometimes even the words can be confusing.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Peterson recently discussed naming conventions in his DNW post <a href=\"http:\/\/domainnamewire.com\/2015\/01\/09\/categorizing-top-level-domains-ntlds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Categorizing Top Level Domains: &#8220;nTLDs&#8221;<\/a>, suggesting that\u00a0new gTLDs released since 2014 should be referred to as nTLDs (for &#8220;new&#8221; TLDs), to distinguish them from the other new top level domains that followed .com before the more recent rush of new names.<\/p>\n<p>Anything outside the original extensions that isn&#8217;t a country-code domain, such as the popular .me, .cc or .ws, counts as a generic TLD. However, it&#8217;s not always simple.<\/p>\n<p>Regular readers and the TLD-savvy will already know that even within the generic things can get very specific: there isn&#8217;t very much generic about .lawyer or .property, and then there&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crazydomains.in\/domain-names\/search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">geographic domains<\/a> for cities and regions.<\/p>\n<p>But one of the most important variations in the brave new world of gTLDs are the truly generic.<\/p>\n<p>New TLDs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crazydomains.com.au\/domain-names\/domain-extension\/onl-domain-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">.onl<\/a>, .<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crazydomains.com.au\/domain-names\/domain-extension\/website-domain-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crazydomains.com.au\/domain-names\/domain-extension\/xyz-domain-registration\/\">.xyz<\/a> are locked in a fierce battle for generic supremacy &#8211; with all aiming to be the most generic. 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