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You’ll soon be able to blog from a .blog address

Attention, bloggers! WordPress has some very good news for you.

Automattic, the company that owns WordPress.com, announced yesterday that it has “secured the rights to oversee and operate the sale and registration of .blog domains.”

What that means for Joe Blog is that bloggers will be able to publish their writing on a website with the new and never-before top-level domain. The company did also stress that .blog is available for everyone, not just bloggers.

“For years, .com was the dominant choice for website names, but it’s become increasingly difficult to find a name. With a top-level domain like .blog, you can get a name that truly matches your identity. Plus, you’ll get all the same benefits with Google search results,” Automattic wrote in a post.

While the .blog TLD isn’t available just yet, it will be coming a little bit later this year, and you can already sign up here to get notified when it becomes available.

“You’ll be able to purchase a .blog domain at WordPress.com or through our partner domain name registrars. And again, the .blog domain will be available to everyone, regardless of what kind of site you have or who hosts it,” it said.

Pricing is still being finalised, but Automattic did mention that it will be in the standard range for new top-level domains, while there will be some premium pricing for higher-value names.

“The domain names will become available through traditional timeframes such as ‘sunrise’ (the period during which trademark owners can purchase domain names) and ‘landrush’ (the time in which applications can be received prior to general availability),” it said.

[Image – CC by 2.0/GotCredit]

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