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[ NNSquad ] Go Daddy trying to cash in on dot-co [sic] domains by default


Go Daddy trying to cash in on dot-co [sic] domains by default

http://bit.ly/bTnsis  (TNW)

And in fact, overstock.co is forwarding to www.overstock.com at
this time.

It appears that most of the "good" dot-co names have already
been snatched up by name resellers of course, and I've been
getting notes from confused people assuming that when they see
".co" on a domain name it's actually a typo meant to be ".com" ...

Yeah, real progress there.  Jeez.  

And the TLD mass confusion has only just begun.

Send in the clowns.  Oops, they've already arrived!

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)
http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org
Founder, NNSquad (Network Neutrality Squad): http://www.nnsquad.org
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   http://www.gctip.org
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