.blog Landrush: Domain open to the general public as of 21 November

WordPress.com owner Automattic is making .blog available to the general public as of 21 November, following a somewhat controversial landrush period. Earlier this month, the registry opened domain registrations to non-trademark owners for the seven-day landrush period, but was accused of pre-registering and keeping the best keywords for itself. Automattic responded to the criticism on …

WordPress acquires .blog Domain

The parent company of WordPress, Automattic, has announced its acquired the top-level domain .blog—which, according to Marketing Land, did cost the company around $19 million. WordPress in their blog to announce the buy out says “Now we’re excited to announce a brand new way to create a unique identity for your website: .blog, a top-level domain extension …