[August 03, 2010] Encirca: Millions of Names Available for .Co Open Registration Tweet Aug 03, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- .Co is now available for unrestricted international registration via EnCirca, Inc. The group said that companies should secure their primary web address in the corresponding .Co domain name to ensure someone else does not take it. "On July 20th, open registration for .Co began and the demand has been phenomenal," says Thomas Barrett, President of EnCirca, Inc. "In fact, it's been reported that companies including American Express, Apple, BMW, Coca-Cola, Disney, eBay, Facebook, Google, IKEA, Microsoft, MTV, Nike, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, Twitter, Visa and Yahoo have all secured .Co domain names." Encirca said that corporations have shown great interest in securing brand names on the .Co domain. In fact, Internet pioneer Twitter was one of the first companies to secure a .Co domain. It is using "t.co" for a complementary service. In addition, Google recently announced that the .Co TLD will have all the same geo-targeting options as other generic TLDs, such as .com, .net, .biz and .org instead of being categorized as a country code. EnCirca is an ICANN-Accredited domain name registrar formed in 2001 that specializes in the creation and protection of trademarks on the Internet. EnCirca's .Co domain page: http://www.encirca.com/html/co-reg.shtml ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]