Dot.me

Big news for all those web developers who annoyed that del.icio.us is already taken, and wants to get a similar cool sounding domain name.

Montenegro, a new country in Europe, is getting its own country-code top-level domain. And it is called ".me".

So now you can get "supersize.me", "anyti.me", "awe.so.me", and "Welco.me". Not to mention more traditional sounding ones like "like.me", "follow.me/home", "adopt.me", "text.me", "call.me", "adore.me" and "you.and.me".

But don't think you can just go out and buy one. There are several land-rush periods:

• About 2600 popular domain combinations are reserved for a special auction - so "love.me" is going to get expensive.
• People and companies in Montenegro (with trademarks) can pre-register domain names during May 1 to May 6.
• International companies can pre-register their own trademarked domain names from May 7 to May 20
• The public will get access on June 6, in which time an auction will be held if two or more people want the same domain.
• Everyone can buy whatever they want after July 17.

But I suspect that we are going to see a lot of Web 2.0 projects called "something.me" in the near future.

And, I have compiled a list of possible domain names - in case you cannot come up with something yourself.

Note: Of course, I expect to get paid a million dollars if you use any of them :o)

• acade.me
• ac.me
• ani.me
• any.ti.me
• assu.me
• awe.so.me
• bio.me
• bla.me
• di.me
• dish.me
• enzy.me
• extre.me
• fem.me
• fla.me
• ga.me
• gendar.me
• ho.me
• illu.me
• la.me
• li.me
• love.so.me
• mariti.me
• mealti.me
• meanti.me
• mo.me
• op.ti.me
• out.co.me
• over.ti.me
• perfu.me
• play.ti.me
• pre.ga.me
• sli.me
• su.pre.me
• the.me
• un.ta.me
• wel.co.me
• zy.me