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iSec 
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 Posted: 24 July 2010 at 6:09pm |
Oh well.. I went ahead and registered my own domain .co; it looks good in the address bar 
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123Simples
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Posted: 25 July 2010 at 8:22pm |
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I personally cannot see how .co can be allowed per say
Imagine if someone types in
www.mysite.co
meaning to type in
www.mysite.com
and they have auto web address filled in, or remember previous entries, then surely there might be a problem
Out of interest though Google has registered the following domain:
www.google.co
But if you type it into the address bar nothing happens.
I think it is a money making scheme to be honest
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iSec
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Posted: 26 July 2010 at 8:21am |
 MrTWS wrote:
I personally cannot see how .co can be allowed per sayImagine if someone types inwww.mysite.comeaning to type inwww.mysite.comand they have auto web address filled in, or remember previous entries, then surely there might be a problemOut of interest though Google has registered the following domain:www.google.coBut if you type it into the address bar nothing happens.I think it is a money making scheme to be honest
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Totally agree!!
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Posted: 27 July 2010 at 8:44pm |
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I think there'll be more people adding the "m" to a .co domain just out of habit than people forgetting to type the "m" on a .com domain.
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Posted: 29 July 2010 at 7:40pm |
Yeh well whichever, I still think it's a money making scheme  and if they add a m then if the .co user has not registered the dot com it works in someone else's favour. I liked the old system I'm sure they could have come up with something better
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 30 July 2010 at 12:28pm |
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The .CO domain has been around for about 20 years. It is for Columbia, just like we have UK for UK domains.
What has changed is that Columbia has decided to allow anyone, not just Colombians to register .CO domains and so it is being marketed as an alternative to the .COM.
The reason that it has market appeal is that many countries use .CO as second lever domains, such as .CO.UK. The other reason is that .COM domain names are starting to run very fin on the ground as everything has been registered.
If you are waiting for something better to come along then you may have your wish as soon ICANN are opening up domain extensions, so for around $200,000.00 you can have your own domain extension, such as .MrTWS and you can then sale www.myWebsite.MrTWS
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Posted: 30 July 2010 at 7:23pm |
Oh wow Bruce - that sounds great... Now where did I put that spare £200 grand???
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Posted: 05 August 2010 at 8:22am |
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The new .CO domains do seem to be popular.
In the two weeks since it's lunch we now have more .CO domains registered on our systems than we have for .BIZ, .MOBI, .EU, .TV, and .NAME
Most people who are registering them are registering them as second name to .CO.UK domains.
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