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News from google: Monday, 29th December 2008
Five New .ME Domains Names up For Grabs

The ME domain name revolution has hit the internet by storm and now even months from the starting point of the domain revolution it shows absolutely no signs of letting up at any point in the near future. For that reason, many more people are starting to get interested in purchasing a high level ME domain name as the general internet public starts to become aware of the fact that the ME domain name craze is far from a temporary thing.

With different people already going ahead and creating massive web networks around ME websites, it has become pretty clear that ME is going to be the next big direction for domain names and with that little gem now clear to the entire public, more people want to get in on the ME domain name bandwagon while there is still room left to have a seat on that wagon.

ME domains are controlled by the ME Registry, a regulatory agency that is responsible for making sure that new ME domain names are distributed in a way that is fair and equitable to all involved. In most cases, that involves an auction. The last auction that the ME Registry did included the domain name date.me which was auctioned off for a massive $70,000 through an auction that was arranged by Moniker. There were 10 other ME domain names in that same auction that took place in September and in total Moniker and the ME Registry were able to raise over $200,000 just from the auctioning off of those 11 domain names in total.

For their excellent work in the September auction, Moniker has once again been retained for the next ME domain name auction which will be taking place in late January of 2009. In total, five of the best ME domains remaining will be auctioned off at that point and with the general public now aware of what is at stake here, interest in these domain names has really gone through the roof.

The first of these domain names is contact.me, which is likely to get the highest amount of interest of the entire group. With web 2.0 marketing still big in the world today, the idea of being able to create a social networking website around the contact.me domain name is just too juicy a proposition for many people to pass up and a number of agencies have already indicated their intent to bid on that domain name. In addition to that however, alert.me will also be up for grabs. Alert.me can be used as a service for anything from online gambling, online casino, poker (i.e. alerting for bonuses as they become available) to stock tips or it can just be a general website that people go to when they want to see what is hot at that moment in time. The other three domains are read.me, feed.me and save.me, all of which are sure to be very hot when they come to the auction because of the possibilities implied by the domain names. If you can’t wait to January you can find some amazing premium me domains at funk.me auction.

About ME domains

ME domains have truly amazed even the most optimistic domain experts, with world record numbers of new .ME domain registrations and furthermore, after just 5-6 months, there are already 274 .ME websites in the top one million websites on the internet.

Source: http://www.webhostdir.com/news/showNews.aspx?ID=30186

From Google news today: Dec 12, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE)

Notify.Me Bursts on the Scene to Offer New Alert Service
Innovative .ME Web Site Illustrates the Value of This Brand New Domain

Read news here : http://www.funk.me/forums/viewforum.php?f=18

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New .Me Site Helps People Save Money on Prescription Medicine

Read news here : http://www.funk.me/forums/viewforum.php?f=18

Dear Fellow Dotme Investors and Dotme Site Builders, Funk.Me Domain Forum Opens!

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5 more days and ones again 200.000 more Me web pages in Google!

There is now 2,290,000 Me web pages in Google.

Ones again DOT ME AMAZES me after only 4 days there is now 2,080,000 ME web pages in google. THIS IS NEARLY A 200.000 JUMP IN ONLY 4 DAYS!.

The Dot ME domain revolution is in full force.

It is amazing how fast the Dot Me web sites are popping up all over the internet. Today on my last check there are now OVER 1.9 million Dot Me pages in google. Dot Me domains have ALREADY over two times the number of web pages in google compared to Dot Asia, and Dot Me has only been on the market half of the time of Dot Asia. Most of the ME web sites are English speaking sites, but there is allot web sites from Asia and from nearly all countries in Europe and around the world.

Also if one look at the quality of the dot ME pages in google IT IS TOP TOP quality web sites. Here is just some of the DOt me sites from the 10 first pages of ME sites in google:

Some are still under construction but thats not strange as dot me has only been available last 4 month.

www.LasVegas.Me
www.MacauCasinos.me
www.amuze.me
www.KnightOnline.me
www.hawaiitravel.me
www.fotografci.me
www.freearcadegames.me
www.chickenhouse.me
www.tejanomusic.me
www.marktplatz.me/index.php
www.marmidicarrara.com/index_eng.htm
www.amsterdam.me/nl/
www.signstoday.me/
www.girlgames.me
www.fragrant.me/
www.arapoglou.me/
www.bingoonline.me/
www.political.me/
www.joxon.me/
www.indianpharmacy.me/
www.clyk.me/
www.sportsbooks.me/
www.onlinecasinos.me/
www.academias.me/
www.dressup.me/
www.elmolive.me/
www.maf.me/
www.arapoglou.me/
www.luckyyou.me/
www.rdv.me/
www.dionysopoulos.me/
www.phuket.me/
www.sportsvideos.me/
www.kidsgames.me/
www.socialfriends.me/
www.nevakee.me/
www.avo.me/
www.trazim.me/
www.kalamazoo.me/
www.charmingsingles.me/
www.voile.me/
www.maidtoorder.me/
www.joxon.me/
www.smash.me/
www.loove.me/
www.resale.me/
www.truckingsoftware.me/
www.flatmate.me/
www.basketballnews.me/
www.ipeace.me/
www.launched.me/
www.arin.me/
www.finnland.me/
www.maf.me/
www.izvedi.me/
www.detroit.me/

I did not include some of the top ME web sites from Asia because of the Chinese Character and words. 

Dot ME is for sure the new Internet darling.

Nikolas Gough

ME Domain Names Capture Big Money During Fast & Furious Bidding

Date.Me went for $70,000. Below is some of the .ME auction results:

“We are thrilled with the success of dot-ME,” said Predrag Lesic, the registry’s executive director. ”The buzz was tremendous during the auction.  Clearly the TLD is connecting with people in a big way.”

During the .ME Landrush auction period, more than two-million dollars was generated with names like Insure.Me and Sync.Me going to the highest bidder.

Which countries have registered most DOT ME names:

“We believe the huge demand for .ME reflects the public’s interest in having a personal connection with the Web,” said Predrag Lesic, the ME registry’s executive director. “From interesting topics, to organization names, to brands, .ME sites give personality to the content on the Web sites associated with them.”

More than 100 registrars currently offer .ME domains through their registration platform. .ME has seen its greatest interest among English speaking countries including the United States (71%), the United Kingdom (6%), Canada (4%), and Australia (2%).

Source http://domain.me/index.php?page=12&news=100

Get Funky With DOT ME DOMAINS

 BOSTON, Nov 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) —

Nikolas Gough of Funk.me Intemedia Aps is launching a premium dotme auction and shopping site at www.Funk.me. With the incredible success of the Dot me domain which launched in July with record domain registration and racking up record sales in two previous auctions, Nikolas decided it was time to develop a me auction site for prospective buyers, investors and end-users to peruse and bid on premium me inventory.

Top premium me domains on the site include: LOAN, VEGAS,  SPORTSBET, TOONS, DUBAIISLAND, ONLINEREALESTATE MESSAGEBOARD and many more. Dotme is poised to become one of the top domain extensions. Innovative companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom and Digg have registered their brands and names with the dotme extension; moreover, since launching just a few months ago,  there are already over 1.5 million dotme pages. Some of the dotme sites developed by individuals and firms include Istanbul.me, LasVegas.me, Kuwait.me, and utag.me.

The personalized web, blogging and microsites, and social media sites are setting the direction for the future of the web. The Dotme extension is ideal to help navigate this course and utilize its potential as a branding tool for marketers.  YOUTUBE, MYSPACE, YOUPORN, and blogging and message board sites such as LIVEJOURNAL, WORDPRESS, BLOGGER, TWITTER, TMZ, PEREZHILTON, PHOTOBUCKET, and FORUM.DK are capturing enormous traffic and ad revenues, reflecting the value and growth of the personalization of the web and the new ME generation.

According to the market journal, Research and Markets, “Web 2.0, Social Media and blogging – including citizen journalism – are becoming the preferred way to read commentaries and share opinions. And it’s no surprise that advertising dollars are shifting into the blogosphere, with sponsored blogging to be a multibillion dollar market by 2011.”

Travel, Business, Political and Celebrity blogs are becoming more popular and engaging consumers via a personalized, interactive approach. The web is evolving into a platform to connect YOU and ME with our own specific needs and interests. The tag line for the ME extension is “It’s about YOU.”

POLITICO, one of the leading political blogging sites, captured considerable traffic leading up to the USA Presidential election, and in the coming months, there should be lots of rumors and info spinning in the Obama Blogosphere.

The so-called Hollywood and Celebrity blogging sites are reaping substantial revenues, with top ones such as PerezHilton, TMZ, ValleyWAG, THE SUPERFICIAL, DEFAMER, and GAWKER reeling in over $50,000 in monthly ad revenues.

So in the words of the late funkmeister Rick James, “Give it to me, baby”,  Nikolas Gough of www.Funk.me and his partners are offering a contest  to jumpstart the funk.me premium auction site.

Dotme names will be rewarded to those individuals who provide a concept (maximum 250 words) for developing these me names into viable dotme sites. These diverse me names are:

1)     Gamester, 2) Bootycalls, 3)Celebpix, 4) MP4s, 5) TeenBlog,6) TeenForum, 7) Indietunes, Groupies, 9) Deviants, 10) MySecrets, 11) Datelink, 12)LatinSingles, 13) AsianSingles, 14)GreenTrip, 15) Honeymooners, 16) VelvetRope17) HealthBoards, 18) CasinoJackpot, 19) CitizenReporter,

20) HybridForum

The selected winners will be announced at the end of the month. The winners will receive their chosen dotme name. To join the contest simply go to www.Funk.me and sign up to the newsletter on the frontpage and e-mail us your concept to contest@funk.me (maximum 250 words) for developing one of the above contest domains. The winnners will be announced in a press release which also will get some quotes from the winners and how they plan to develop and monetize their dotme sites. This press release will be distributed to all the major media outlets.

The ME Funksters are delighted to welcome everyone aboard, and their theme song for this ME journey sounds like it should be “You Get the Best from Me”. So let the bidding and proposals begin, as the Funk.me auction site and DOTME revolution are officially launched!

Source BOSTON, Nov 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Get-Funky-With-DOT-ME/story.aspx?guid=%7BBB0DF873-CAC0-41DD-8380-C50DD8417200%7D