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2009 Most Popular Domains at DOMAINfest Auction in Hollywood Reports Intermarketing.


HOLLYWOOD -- Intermarketing reports that DOMAINfest Global 09 will occur in Hollywood, CA, beginning Tuesday, January 27, with discussion groups and talks by industry experts and tech mavens, including Steve Wozniak (person) Steve Wozniak - Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.  (as the keynote speaker). The official registry of the .me domains will release these high quality premium .me domains for the live auction on Thursday, January 29:

* Contact.me

* Read.me

* Feed.me

* Alert.me

* Save.me

Another high quality .me domain, Refund.me, will be up for bidding during the live auction. This could be a great name, especially as tax season approaches.

Some other fantastic .me domains will be available for online bidding during the extended auction, which will begin on January 28 and extend through February 5. Here are some of the .me gems that made the cut for the extended auction: Agent.me, Avatars.me. Broadcasts.me, Buying.me, Calling.me, Cheats.me, Condos.me, FantasyFootball.me (great name during Super Bowl weekend), Financing.me, Finding.me, Gas.me, Hollywood.me (this name should shine in this venue), Lending.me, Lock.me, Navigate.me, Profit.me, SanJuan.me (SanJuan.com received a 6 figure bid recently), Saving.me, Seeking.me, Skiresorts.me, Studio.me, Tape.me, Whisky.me.

This is the second auction of premium .me names released by the Registry. The first auction at Traffic New York New York, state, United States
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 last September generated $218,000 in proceeds, with Date.me selling for $70,000.

.me has enjoyed incredible success since its launch. Not only has it enjoyed record registrations and solid sales on the secondary market, it has managed to weather the global financial storm with amazing a·maze  
v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.tr.
1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.intr.
 results. Its success can be attributed to the growing personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 web and the branding and marketing potential of using ".me" to launch websites, services and products.

Nearly 400 .me sites are showing up in the top million sites at Alexa.com, surpassing other extensions such as .Mobi and .Asia, which were launched well before .me. Almost 4 million .me pages have already been developed, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Google, and .me sites are growing in popularity. Among the many launched .me sites, here's a sample:

* LasVegas.me

* Tattle2.me

* Blackdating.me

* Funk.me

* MovieNews.me

* NameShop.me

* Teenage.me

* PopularityContest.me

* Istanbul.me

* Notify.me

* Utag.me

.me has been one of the most successful TLD (Top Level Domain) The highest level domain category in the Internet domain naming system. There are two types: the generic top level domains (gTLDs) such as .com, .org, and .net, and the country codes, such as .ca, .uk and .jp. See gTLD and Internet domain name.  launches. The Registry has done a superb job of positioning the .me extension, and over 100 accredited registrars An accredited registrar, also called an Accredited Certification Body (CB), is an organisation accredited by a recognised accrediting body to issue certification confirming that an organisation meets the requirements of a standard (e.g. ISO 9001).  in over 25 countries provide the capability of registering the .me extension. Go Daddy Go Daddy is an Internet domain registrar and web hosting company, which also sells e-business related software and services.

Founded in 1997 by Bob Parsons, who previously founded the software development company Parsons Technology, Inc.
 had record sales of .me during landrush last August, and its charismatic founder Bob Parsons Bob (Robert) Parsons (born 1950) is the CEO and founder of domain registrar and web host Go Daddy which owns registrars Wild West Domains and Blue Razor Domains, the domain privacy company Domains by Proxy, and the registration authority Starfield Technologies.  recently changed his informative and humorous blog from Bobparsons.com to Bobparsons.me.

.me went to New York and made it there; afterwards, it proved it can make it anywhere. Now it's come to Hollywood for its big-time studio test. And the buzz out of Tinseltown is that .me has star potential. So maybe one day it will get its own star on the Boulevard: "DOTME".

To bid online at the DOMAINfest auction go here:

http://marketplacepro.moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias.

(2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE.
.com/auction/detail.html?auction_id=197

To attend show go here:

http://www.domainfest.com/agenda?p=auction2
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