Tag Archives: .co

July, 2010

• 23 July

  Google agrees to treat .co domain as generic TLDs

  Columbia has been pushing .co as an alternative to the overcrowded .com TLD, and now Google has given the registry a boost by agreeing to treat the name as a generic extension in search results. This means that .co domains will not be limited to the Google Columbia search engine …
• 21 July

  .Co close to 200,000 registrations

  Columbia’s .co ccTLD, which opened up for public registration yesterday, has gone from 39,000 registrations to more than 194,576– in just under 48 hours. This is very good considering there is no clear idea of how much .co names are worth and registrations cost around £25 a pop. Previously, Columbia …
• 20 July

  Oh my! Overstock.com buys O.co for $350,000

  American Internet retailer Overstock.com has bought O.co for a whopping $350,000 USD. This is one of many “O” names the company has purchased over the years, including o.biz. In my opinion, the Columbian ccTLD works well with company names because it is short for “company.” I doubt Overstock will develop …

June, 2010

• 14 June

  .CO domains to take off in the future: e.co looking cheap at 81,000

  In the aftermath of the e.co auction, you’ve got 24 hours to register a .co domain name via the .co registry founders program. Domain names registered in this way need to have sites up and running by July 20, otherwise other registrations can be applied for via registrars such as …