When deciding on a name for their new baby, a growing number of parents are checking if the internet domain for the name is still available. If it isn’t, the name is crossed off the list. “The trend hints at the potential importance of domain names in establishing one’s future digital identity,” points out Yahoo news.
Newborn Bennett Pankow joined his four older siblings in getting his own Internet moniker. In fact, before naming his child, Mark Pankow checked to make sure "BennettPankow.com" hadn't already been claimed. "One of the criteria was, if we liked the name, the domain had to be available," Pankow said. It was, and Pankow quickly grabbed Bennett's online identity. It's not known exactly how many, but the practice is no longer limited to parents in Web design or information technology.
They worry that the name of choice might not be available by the time their babies become teens or adults, just as someone claimed the ".com" for Britney Spears' 11-month-old son before she could.
(news.yahoo)
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