Recently, the organization that oversees the creation of new Internet addresses, know as ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), created six more domain names. While these domains are not common, because of the accelerated growth of the World Wide Web, you may see them more frequently in the future.

Less Common Domains
	Created for the air transportation industry. e.g. http://www.nata.aero/
	Additional domain for commercial or business sites. e.g. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/
	Cooperatives and cooperative service organizations. e.g. http://www.peoples.coop/
	An unrestricted domain for any information a person, company or organization wishes to make public. e.g. http://www.spain.info/
	Museums and members of the museum profession. e.g. http://www.whitney.americanart.museum/
	An individual person; used for personal email or web address. e.g. http://www.bobsmith.name/
	Self-certified professional; this domain is still under negotiation. e.g. http://www.bobsmith.pro/

When you look at a URL or domain name, you should ask a few questions:

• Do you recognize the name? Is it a reputable and authoritative source such as the news source CNN (www.cnn.com) or a governmental source like the United States Senate (www.senate.gov)?
  
  
• Is the domain a commercial Internet service provider (ISP) or provider of web page hosting (AOL, Juno, Geocities, etc.)? If so, it may be a personal web site.

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