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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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$18,000
in Cash Prizes Now Up For Grabs in 2011 .Info Awards
Competition + .XXX Landrush Gets Underway
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The
5th Annual .Info
Awards
competition
is now underway with more prize money than
ever before ready to be distributed to the
top three finishers in the contest to
determine who has developed the best .info
websites. $10,000 will go to the winner,
with the runner-up collecting $5,000 and
the 3rd place finisher banking $3,000.
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Submissions
opened
Monday (November 7) and will remain open
through Thursday, November 24 (the
deadline in 11:59pm UTC on that date). To enter,
just visit http://www.info-award.info,
register for an account and complete the short
entry form (detailed contest rules and
conditions can be found here).
A
panel of website design and media experts will
review submitted sites and cut the field to the ten
best .info websites based on:
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- Presentation
of content
- Functionality
of the site
- Design
- Usability
- Originality
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Beginning
December 5, 2011 and continuing through
December 13, the
decision on the three cash award winners will be
turned over to the the public who will be
able to vote for their favorites among the ten
finalists. The winners will be announced shortly
after the public voting concludes. The
5th annual awards contest coincides with the 10th
Anniversary of the .info extension, a TLD
that now contains 8 million registered
domains.
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In news
from another TLD, Landrush
for the new .xxx extension opened
today and will continue for 17
days before closing on November
25, 2011. Landrush is the second of
the three-part .xxx launch process that
started with Sunrise
and culminates with the launch of General
Availability on December 6th.
Landrush is
a limited time opportunity for those who
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want to
secure, a specific .xxx domain for an
additional fee above the basic
registration cost. At the end of the
Landrush period, domain names with only
one application will be awarded directly
to the applicant. Domain names with two
or more applications will proceed to a
closed mini-auction between the
respective applicants where the highest
bidder wins. |
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(Posted Nov.
8, 2011)
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