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I have a better proposal:
STOP DOMAIN ABUSE!
Remember, back in the day, when .net meant you were a network services provider, or when .org was only used by non-profit organizations. Wasn't that confusing as hell?
What the hell happened?
The network had a beautiful, well planned design, and PEOPLE LIKE YOU threw it away.
YOU ARE THE PROBLEM, NOT GOOGLE.
I recently had a conversation, with someone I respect greatly, about creating a series of informational sites very specific to US audiences, and he had a fit when I insisted on using the .us TLD. (Blasphemy, right?) He demanded I use .io, for a site that contained exclusively United States related information... Seriously?
I will not participate in this madness, and the HN audience should know better.
It's really simple, you see: your new project has lots of video content? Considering .TV? Is your company based in Tuvalu? THEN DON'T USE IT.
.AM? That's Armenia .FM? Federated States of Micronesia .ME? Montenegro.
The list goes on and on. Wikipedia has a complete list of them, along with their intended uses and common abuses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_doma...
What makes this whole thing even more insane is that there are still tons of quality .us domain names, completely open for registration, and people insist on using TLDs of other random places! The Indian Ocean? Really?
I want some of whatever everyone is smoking.
"Only you can prevent domain abuse."