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$18,000 in Cash Prizes Now Up For Grabs in 2011 .Info Awards Competition + .XXX Landrush Gets Underway 

The 5th Annual .Info Awards competition is now underway with more prize money than ever before ready to be distributed to the top three finishers in the contest to determine who has developed the best .info websites. $10,000 will go to the winner, with the runner-up collecting $5,000 and the 3rd place finisher banking $3,000

Submissions opened Monday (November 7) and will  remain open through  Thursday, November 24 (the deadline in 11:59pm UTC on that date). To enter, just visit http://www.info-award.info, register for an account and complete the short entry form (detailed contest rules and conditions can be found here).

A panel of website design and media experts will review submitted sites and cut the field to the ten best .info websites based on:

 

  • Presentation of content
  • Functionality of the site
  • Design
  • Usability
  • Originality 

Beginning December 5, 2011 and continuing through December 13, the decision on the three cash award winners will be turned over to the the public who will be able to vote for their favorites among the ten finalists. The winners will be announced shortly after the public voting concludes. The 5th annual awards contest coincides with the 10th Anniversary of the .info extension, a TLD that now contains 8 million registered domains. 

In news from another TLD, Landrush for the new .xxx extension opened today and will continue for 17 days before closing on November 25, 2011. Landrush is the second of the three-part .xxx launch process that started with Sunrise and culminates with the launch of General Availability on December 6th

Landrush is a limited time opportunity for those who

want to secure, a specific .xxx domain for an additional fee above the basic registration cost. At the end of the Landrush period, domain names with only one application will be awarded directly to the applicant. Domain names with two or more applications will proceed to a closed mini-auction between the respective applicants where the highest bidder wins.

(Posted Nov. 8, 2011)  


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