A TLD, or top level domain, is the last part of a domain name. For example, .com, .net, .edu, .uk, etc. So I have a question: who's the dope who thought of the ".ws" TLD? It stands for "web site". I can understand that some people might think it was a good idea: "I want a domain name for my website--.ws seems like a great TLD for it."

But think about it for a second. Can you receieve email at a .ws domain (can you have a mailserver named mail.mydomain.ws)? Yes. Can you run an FTP server from a .ws domain (ftp.mydomain.ws)? Yes. Can you run a chat server from a .ws domain? A nameserver? A computer that's only a client and not a server at all? I could could write a book about uses for a .ws domain that are not websites.

I think .ws was created so that registrars could email all their clients and tell them they'd better register the .ws variant of their domain name before someone else snatched it up. Sorry guys, I'm not biting.