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08-24-2016, 03:08 AM
The company behind WordPress is opening up the .blog domain
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The company whose software helps to run a massive number of mainstream media sites and personal blogs alike, Automattic (the organization behind WordPress), has an**unced the rollout of its .blog domain.
On Tuesday, company founder Matt Mullenweg made the an**uncement (https://matt.blog/2016/08/23/blog/) 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."
SEE ALSO: Tumblr users will soon see ads on their blogs in a move to generate revenue (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/tumblr-advertising-money/)
Automattic won the right to control the .blog TLD last year (http://marketingland.com/automattic-offer-blog-domain-names-177108) for around $19 million (http://venturebeat.com/2016/05/12/automattic-quietly-acquired-the-rights-to-blog-in-2015-will-start-selling-domains-later-this-year/), a hefty price tag that the company likely is hoping will be offset by user interest in the new domain dynamic.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/automattic-wordpress-blog-domain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The company whose software helps to run a massive number of mainstream media sites and personal blogs alike, Automattic (the organization behind WordPress), has an**unced the rollout of its .blog domain.
On Tuesday, company founder Matt Mullenweg made the an**uncement (https://matt.blog/2016/08/23/blog/) 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."
SEE ALSO: Tumblr users will soon see ads on their blogs in a move to generate revenue (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/tumblr-advertising-money/)
Automattic won the right to control the .blog TLD last year (http://marketingland.com/automattic-offer-blog-domain-names-177108) for around $19 million (http://venturebeat.com/2016/05/12/automattic-quietly-acquired-the-rights-to-blog-in-2015-will-start-selling-domains-later-this-year/), a hefty price tag that the company likely is hoping will be offset by user interest in the new domain dynamic.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/automattic-wordpress-blog-domain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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