.are

Status:	Proposed
Manager:	Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google)
Registry Provider:	Charleston Road Registry Inc.
Type:	Generic
Category:	Lifestyle
More information:

.are is one of 101 TLDs applied for by Google through its subsidiary Charleston Road Registry Inc.; it was applied for as a type of "domain hack", to create URLs like dogs.are/cute.

The application was later criticized as flying directly in the face of ICANN's applicant guidebook given that it clearly lays out that geographic and territory names on the ISO 3166-1 standard list are protected. ARE is on that list as a designation of the United Arab Emirates. Thus, it has been suggested that the application will be rejected outright.