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August 23, 2016 10:50 pm GMT
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/7GBvBkTe5Q0/
The company behind WordPress is opening up the .blog domain
The company whose software helps to run a massive number of mainstream media sites and personal blogs alike, Automattic (the organization behind WordPress), has announced the rollout of its .blog domain.
On Tuesday, company founder Matt Mullenweg made the announcement by changing his own personal blog to point a .blog TLD (top-level domain).
As for availability, Mullenweg said that .blog will be rolled out over the next few months and revealed that he has "one of the first ones live on the internet."
Automattic won the right to control the .blog TLD last year for around $19 million, a hefty price tag that the company likely is hoping will be offset by user interest in the new domain dynamic. Read more...
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