The New York Times wrote this piece about how countries are marketing their extension. One excerpt from the article : With a few exceptions, Internet addresses that end with country codes have failed to catch on with consumers, and “.com” remains the suffix of choice for marketers seeking to establish their Web credentials. Now companies […]
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The history of the Dot Tv extension
A history lesson When it comes to country code extensions, the .tv extension is one of the most talked about. A repurposed country code extension that represents Tuvalu and all things media. The .tv extension is the country code for the tiny island nation of TUVALU the world’s smallest country. Tuvalu is a Polynesian island […]
Continue ReadingWhy doesn’t Facebook own Facebook.tv
Will Ferrell wants to know
Continue ReadingPimp.tv sells for $15,250
Kevin from www.allthings.tv sold Pimp.tv for $15,250. The end user is an Australian company with some nice looking content.
Continue Reading.DE and .Co.uk
Its no surprise that .co.uk and .de dominate the weekly cctld sales. Taking a look over the last few years it seems .co.uk has been very steady in the top 100 yearly sales. .DE has bounced up and down in their dominance. 2008 .co.uk had 15 of the top 100 reported cctld sales .de had […]
Continue ReadingGodaddy Mobile app surpasses 500,000
Go Daddy’s Mobile App – the first ever to be provided by a domain name registrar – just surpassed 500,000 downloads. The Apple version of the app was recently selected as a Top 10 Free Application for Business by iTunes’ annual “Best Of” list, “Rewind 2010,” with a rating of more than four stars. The […]
Continue ReadingGodaddy offering $5.99 sale
Go daddy offering $5.99 .com, from their website: Applies to new domains only, up to ten registration years. Offer may not be used for renewals. $5.99* .COM offer limited to five domains per customer, additional .COMs just $7.49* per year. Promotion expires after 75,000 redemptions. Discount will be reflected in your shopping cart; cannot be […]
Continue Reading.US shut out from top 100 cctld reported sales list.
When looking at the final 2010 list on DN Journal, there were 0 .us sales in the top 100 cctld list. In contrast there were 12 .co, 6.tv and 3.me. Even 1 .io and 1 .to made the top 100. I am not hating on .us, I like .us and cannot understand why the poor […]
Continue ReadingAllthings.tv stepping up their game
Many know I started the .tv subforum at Namepros. The sub forum for many years was the only place for discussion and wholesale selling of .tv. Allthings.tv has been around for awhile, but has really taken their game up to another level. The site is breaking news and thanks to their moderator Ammudamus has plenty […]
Continue ReadingA new shortening service would like to be your choice for video related content
Looks like there is a new url shortening site out there today. Sea.tv. The owners would like Sea.tv to be the choice for those sending video links. The thought is that by using the .tv extension there is the implied notion of the link being video related. I used the site for a youtube video http://sea.tv/U […]
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