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800 toll-free numbers have existed for around 35 years and yet they're still highly sought - companies desiring an easy to remember vanity 800 number (and/or 888), even in the age of the net, will pay top-dollar for it - many folks still use the phone - and on top of that, many on-line businesses are finding that the phone is as important as ever for business.
With all that said ... yes, things change, but often no where near as quick as one might expect ... the current domain name system has been around for 20 years already. I, for one, can safely predict that domain names, as they exist today, will remain viable for at least another 15 years - there's nothing else out there that even comes close to performing the same function as domain names - keywords are dead, search engines are increasingly becoming diluted (customized search results, once fully implemented, will kill many businesses that rely on top positioning in SEs), ppc is expensive/limited, etc ... and thus high quality domain names is the ideal way to drive traffic whenever possible ... even for folks with with great SE rankings, etc ... they should still have an easy domain name if they seek repeat traffic/word of mouth promotion.
In a nutshell, domain names will remain viable for the foreseeable future, since there's nothing else out there on the horizon to replace their function.
Ron
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Domagon - Website Management and Domain Name Sales
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