Go Daddy has issued a news release announcing their .US registrations are growing significantly, with Go Daddy the dominant .US registrar every month for the last two years, and 53% of all registrations in August, and similar numbers in September and October. (Read more…)
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November 1st 2007 – .co.uk is the Internet domain of choice for 60% of UK marketers, an independent online survey has found. The survey showed that of those companies that maintain a .co.uk domain, 83% have chosen it as their primary domain.
Age Difference The research indicates that .co.uk domains are proving increasingly popular with young marketers with 62% of respondents between the ages of 24 and 44 choosing .co.uk as a primary business domain. By contrast 45% of marketers over the age of 45 opted for .co.uk. The younger the age group, the more likely they are to prefer a .co.uk as a primary domain with 9 out of ten opting for the local preference.
Protection, locality and Trust When asked about their reasons for choosing a .co.uk address over a third of all respondents (36%) cited brand protection as their first priority. For those aged 24 to 34, this figure rises to 44%. Other key drivers included the emphasis of the local nature of their business (31%). Additionally, over a quarter of respondents opted for .co.uk as a primary domain because of the perceived trust levels over and above that enjoyed by other domains. (Read more…)
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PORTLAND, Ore. – The Career Exposure Network™ and its leading women’s online recruiting site, CareerWomen.com™, have both been named as finalists for the 2007 Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Winners will be announced at an awards banquet on November 12 in Las Vegas.
As a women-owned business and a leader in targeted niche e-recruiting, The Career Exposure Network was recognized as a Best Overall Company of the Year for service businesses with up to 100 employees. CareerWomen.com, part of The Career Exposure Network family of career sites, was named as a finalist for the Women Helping Women award. This marks the fourth year in a row that CareerWomen.com has been has been honored for its outstanding accomplishments as a leading women-owned business.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs and the companies they run—worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars.” (New York Post, April 27, 2005).
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Personal domain names for individuals became available in .IE on October 31. Their availability came after a seven week notice period to allow time for sole traders, professionals, politicians, trademark holders who have not already registered their .IE domain name to do so under existing non-personal domain categories. (Read more…)
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.CAT reached it’s 25,000th domain name registration today (October 31), less than two years after launching.
“It is a marvellous achievement,” said Jordi Iparraguirre, Director General of Fundació puntCAT, “but we are even more pleased with the number of pages in Catalan as well as our ratio of pages per domain name which is in the top ten for TLDs around the world. (Read more…)
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