WordPress Adds .CO Domain Names as Custom Option for Bloggers

Automattic,the company behind WordPress.com ,announced that it as added .CO domains to its limited number of TLDs available for fully hosted WordPress.com websites .

.CO became this way the fifth TLD option for WordPress.com hosted websites and now people who want to have their websites hosted on WordPress.com can select from .COM , .NET , .ORG , .ME and .CO .

"Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, announced today that it has added .CO as a custom domain name option for fully hosted WordPress.com sites. .CO will be joining .com, .org, .net and .me as one of only five custom domain options available through WordPress.com.

WordPress.com is the world’s most popular web publishing and hosting platform, making it easy for people to publish content online.  There are currently over 33 million websites and blogs in over 120 languages around the world powered by WordPress.com, including the sites of many of the most well-recognized web publishers, like CNN, TechCrunch and TED.

Now people can register custom .CO web addresses for their businesses, brands or blogs directly on WordPress.com. “Short, memorable and easy to share, .CO has become one of the most popular web addresses among developers, bloggers, innovators and entrepreneurs,” said Raanan Bar-Cohen, Senior Vice President, Commercial Services, Automattic. “By partnering with .CO, we hope that WordPress.com will inspire even more people to launch more businesses, unleash more ideas, share more content -- and to build the future online.”

“WordPress.com customers already get the world’s most incredible content management system, with web hosting, security and analytics built right in – all without having to deal with web servers, complex configurations or coding," said Nicolai Bezsonoff, COO of .CO, “the custom .CO domain option is the icing on the cake!”

If you want to get a custom .CO domain for a new WordPress.com site, please visit www.wordpress.com/signup. If you want to add a .CO domain to an existing WordPress.com site, you can follow these simple instructions to get started."

 

Three-Day-Old Royal Baby was Named ! Domain Names Registered in Seconds

Just after the Royal House announced that the Royal Baby has been named George Alexander Louis,people started registering domain names related to his name .

GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com was registered not long after CNN reported that the Royal Baby has been named George Alexander Louis .According to whois records,the domain name was registere by Luc-Andre Biggs .The domain name is already parked at InternetTrafffic.com .

PrinceGeorgeAlexanderLouis.com was also registered within seconds the news was reported .According to whois records,the domain name was registered by Jonathan Moore of the UK .Moreover,Jonathan Moore also registered PrinceGeorgeAlexanderLouis.co.uk .

Other examples include :

GeorgeAlexanderLouis.co - Registered under privacy,according to whois records

GeorgeAlexanderLouis.co.uk - Registered by Tyras Kids Public Relations

GeorgeAlexanderLouis.org - Registered by Netfirms.com,according to whois records

PriceGeorgeAlexanderLouis.net - Registered by Dominic Forth out of Tampa

 

Dept Of Homeland Security Seizes 10 Domain Names

Yourhoustonnews.com is reporting that

“The  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 10 Internet domain names that were illegally selling trademarked cycling equipment and apparel globally.”

“The 10 seized domain names are a continuation of “Operation In Our Sites” (IOS), an HSI sustained law enforcement initiative that began in 2010.”

“The seized domain names are now in the custody of the U.S. government.”

“Visitors typing those domain names into their web browsers will now find a banner that notifies them of the seizure and educates them about the federal crime of willful copyright infringement.
“Houston HSI special agents worked closely with companies that manufacture cycling products to include Specialized, INVISTA (owners of the COOLMAX® and LYCRA® brands), along with PayPal and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”

“This enforcement action was planned against a number of websites that were selling counterfeit high-end carbon bike frames, apparel and cycling shoes.”

Here is the list of seized domain names:

Ecyclingonline.com
Cycleoutfit.com
Ecyclingjerseys.com
Bike-jersey.com
Cycling-outfit.com
Teamscycling.com
Samewood.com
Cycling-jersey.net
Cyclingyong.com
Yongcycling.com

Joel Williams .Tv Domain Names Hit Namejet.com; Celeb.tv; Comic.TV & More

About a month ago we told you that around 2,000 domain names owned by Joel Williams/Dream Sellers/In Stealth Mode had been frozen by a state court after certain parties claiming rights in and to those domain names filed for an injunction with a Tennessee Court.

At the time we noted that the parties filing the suit must have had an old list of domain since so many of the domains on the list were no longer owned by Williams including hundreds of domain were unregistered.

Other domains owned by Joel Williams which were not on the list provided by the Plaintiffs are are starting to hit NameJet.com auctions as pending delete domains.

The domain name registrar, Name.com was a huge player in the .TV extension.

Actually Name.com was catching expired .TV almost with such a high success rate, they were pretty much the only .TV backorder system.

However since Name.com was bought by Demand Media, Inc, (DMD) for $18 Million Dollars, all of the expired Name.com domains including the .TV domain names seem to be going to Namejet.com on an exclusive basis and they are hitting NameJet.com auctions.

There are a few prime .TV domain names now in auction at NameJet.com which were formerly owned by Williams or one of his companies including, Celeb.tv, Pussy.,tv, Comic.tv and Director.tv which all went into privacy in 2012 only to be dropped for non-renewal in 2013.

Some of these domains sold for a one time fee in the $x,xxx range once they were freed from the .Tv premium program where the annual renewal fees where in the $x,xxx range per year or higher.

Another sad tale in what appears to be a rags to riches to rags story.

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