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.INFO remains the market leader for new TLDs

Thueringen.info Takes Top Honor of Best .INFO Web site of 2009
 

Public Voting for the 2009 .INFO Awards Opens now through November 6  

DUBLIN, IRELAND – 2 November 2009 – Now the public has a voice in whose INFO they like best. Today, Afilias, the registry operator for the .INFO domain, opened its 2009 .INFO Awards to public voting. Anyone around the world can now vote for their favorite of the top 10 .INFO Web sites selected by a panel of judges.

Top industry experts will help select the best .INFO Web sites of 2009  

DUBLIN, IRELAND – 20 October 2009 – Today, Afilias has released the names of its panel of judges for the 2009 .INFO Awards. The Awards, officially opened last week, will reward the best professionally created .INFO Web sites from around the world.

Afilias recognizes the best .INFO Sites and offers over US$15,000 in rewards to the winners  

DUBLIN, IRELAND – October 7, 2009 – Today, Afilias announced the opening of the 2009 .INFO Awards. The awards, first created in 2006, rewards the best professionally created .INFO Web sites from around the world. .INFO Site owners are able to submit their .INFO site for consideration until 11:59 p.m. on October 23, 2009.

DUBLIN, IRELAND – 29 September 2009 - Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services and registry for the .INFO domain, today announced that is has added a new service that allows visitors to its .INFO Web site directory to rate their favorite .INFO Web sites.

.INFO Aftermarket Sales equaled over $29,000 in July according to dnjournal.com.  The biggest sale of the month went to Homepage.INFO for $5,600 at Sedo.com.

According to DNJournal.com .INFO aftermarket sales totaled $131,933 during the Second Quarter of 2009!  With the top spot going to SEO.info which was sold at Sedo.com for $21,930.

DUBLIN, IRELAND – 21 July 2009 - Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services and registry for the .INFO domain, today announced that is has added a new service aggregating .INFO Authorized Registrar special offers and sales on .INFO domain names.

This spring, the world was captivated by news surrounding the outbreak of the novel H1N1 flu virus, otherwise known as “Swine Flu.” Media attention about this health incident peaked at the end of April 2009 as an official state of emergency was declared and as US cases and casualties climbed.

Interestingly, registrations of .INFO names tracked closely with interest in the flu.