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Name Wire Stories of February 2010 — Top Domain

A look back at February in the domain world.

It’s over by now? February is a short month, but it was still packed with interesting domain name news. Here are the top five stories on Reglike for the month, ranked by views.

1. GoDaddy Rated Best Domain Registrar (Again) – for the fifth year in a row, GoDaddy was rated the best domain name registrar in Reglike’s annual survey. For more survey results, see the survey page.

2. Mike Mann Speaks His Mind regarding Sex.com – Mike Mann, one of the investors in Sex.com, speaks his mind regarding the domain name being called into foreclosure.

3. In Demand: How Demand Media is Profiting from Web Content – a look at Demand Media’s content model. To see how this could play a role in the domain name industry, see part 2 of the story.

4. .Co Domain Name is .Coming – Colombia’s country code domain name is coming to a registrar near you later this year.

5. How Baidu Got Hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army – Reglike is the first publication to write regarding how a hacker managed to get a Register.com employee to hand over control of the Baidu.com domain name account.

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