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Now possible to have .my without the .com

Posted in Malaysia Explorer by Oon Yeoh on Thursday, May 15 2008 01:25 AM

Malaysian Web site owners can now choose to end their URL addresses with ".my" only, instead of ".com.my".

It actually costs more to register for the shorter domain name--120 ringgit (US$36.8) per registration, compared to just 80 ringgit (US$24.5) for the .com.my address.

The rationale for the higher charges is that there's a premium to having a shorter domain name. It makes sense. A ".my" is a lot catchier than the clumsy ".com.my", although if I could get a domain name that I like with a simple ".com" only, I would prefer that over a ".my". And it'd be cheaper to register too!





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Edwin Yapp

Edwin Yapp



An engineer by training, Edwin first cut his teeth as a cellular radio frequency optimization engineer in one of Malaysia's largest telcos. After more than five years, he hung up his radio engineering boots to try his hand at technology reporting at The Star, Malaysia's leading English daily, where he won several awards for Best Online Technology reporting. He left to start his own editorial consultancy and is now a freelance journalist for several publications, including ZDNet Asia. A self-confessed gadget geek, Edwin hopes his blog contributions will stir up deeper discussions within the Malaysian technology scene.

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