Neustar, who oversee the .biz and .US domain name registries, has launched a new website at DotYou.biz to promote the forthcoming release of newer alternative tld’s (top level domains). Their choice of the .BIZ web address makes good use of the business-centric focus that .biz represents.

Raleigh, NC was voted the #1 city in America by Businessweek. Factors included green space, cultural amenities, and school performance. Raleigh.info is a premium web address currently available through the Menius Enterprises, Inc. domain name portfolio and the PremiumDomains.US website.

Update: The www.Methadone.US website, which launched earlier this year, exceeded its own monthly record for consumer traffic in August with that month seeing the largest number of visitors since the site’s inception. The largest single day for unique site visitors also occurred in August.

PremiumDomains.biz recently sold InjuryAttorney.biz and PersonalInjuryAttorney.biz in private deals, as well as MedicalMalpracticeLawyer.info through an online brokerage.

On a different note, www.Methadone.US which was developed in the first quarter of 2011, has experienced consistent week after week growth since going live January 23rd. The site has a wealth of original content, a U.S. city clinic directory, online assessment, and several other tools & resources.

Culinary is the general food industry term used for those things related to cooking or the kitchen. It has been refined somewhat to refer more specifically to the art of cooking. The industry itself has exploded in popularity with television food programs enjoying high ratings and artisan chefs becoming a household name while enjoying their own successful lines of cookware. Think Emeril!

Established websites like Culinary.net offer a wide variety of online recipes while domain names like Culinary.biz will eventually become the portal for an entire industry of culinary arts, culinary products, culinary schools, restauranteers, and aspiring students.

Generic domain names of course make excellent business launchers. They also excel as marketing tools since the general public instantly recognize them and often type them directly into the internet browser address field. Food domain names are fairly specific and have certainly attracted attention within the domain name industry. Domain name pioneer, Rick Schwartz, sold Candy.com in a multiimillion dollar deal only 2 years ago.

Noteworthy is the nicely designed, polished website at My.biz (partly pictured above) which showcases the .BIZ domain extension. The site provides a great video on dotBIZ (see below) and a .biz name generator for coming up with domain name variations.

My.biz reiterates a few timeless pointers when considering a domain name selection including:

• Shorter is better
• Be sure you can say the name without having to spell it out for people
• Avoid trademarks

On a related .biz note, Overstock is celebrating this week the one year anniversary of their launch of O.BIZ, their e-commerce website for businesses which sells a variety of supplies from categories like catering, janitorial, office furniture, kitchen, and medical equipment.

Presently, there are 2,134,202 .biz domain names registered around the world (source: DomainTools)

Located on the Neustar website is a brief characterization of the .BIZ address …

.BIZ enables your business to present itself as a serious player in the global marketplace, and helps you do what you do best – get down to business.

Well said. Check out the .BIZ (Business) web address. As they say, “Better Name. Better Results.”

(video source: My.biz)

In the last few years, domainers have seen the emergence of mini-sites, easy to use blog software, and online development platforms like DevHub. These tools provide an easier means of building website content for a domain name. Or in some cases, simply allow you to build your own custom landing page.

Blonds.biz is a nice quality domain I picked up in the aftermarket a few years ago. It would perhaps be suitable as a social networking or online dating site, but ideally, best used as a portal for professional models. Modeling obviously includes the display of swim suits, fashion, clothing, make-up & hair styles.

There are other career fields that may at times require a certain “look”, i.e. professional spokespersons, news anchors, and TV personalities. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but being blond is simply a characteristic of one’s appearance.

Blonds.biz is a niche domain broad enough to be utilized effectively in several areas of business or entertainment. Thanks to tools like DevHub, publishing a starter page is a breeze.

.BIZ

There is even a new catchy tagline “Better Name. Better Results.” which is a great marketing decision.

In a related story, found here, Neustar have announced recent security enhancements to the .BIZ domain space. PremiumDomains.biz wrote last year about a McAfee study on web address security which found .BIZ among the safest of all domain name extensions even outperforming dotcom.

Lastly, it was announced recently that the credit services goliath, Experian, had acquired California company Mighty Net in a $207.5 million dollar deal. This is particularly significant for Experian as the deal included several premium domain name assets, specifically CreditScore.com and CreditReport.com.

Related domain names available for purchase from the Menius Enterprises portfolio include: CreditScore.biz

All types of companies within the entertainment industry are utilizing the .biz web address as a result of recognizing its relevance  … especially for the music business. A few examples …

1. Grabow.biz  – Grabow is a popular booking agency who secure professional entertainers and speakers for corporate events and other special functions. Their tagline is “putting show biz into your biz.” They can book & coordinate events using such acts as Elton John, AC/DC, and Beyonce or pro sports figures like Troy Aikman, Shaquille Oneal, and Lance Armstrong.

2. Billboard.biz - Everyone in the music industry knows that Billboard have been around for decades. They produce the popular music industry chart rankings for album sales, singles, and other music business metrics. They are the definitive music industry publication.

3. TheDickens.biz - Even local bands are choosing the .biz web address. The Dickens are a Greensboro area party band who specialize in 70′s, 80′s, and 90′s music. Their set list is truly phenomenal as is their ability to play something that every music lover will enjoy. As a truly professional group of musicians, the .biz web address is a logical fit for their website.

“Biz” has long been a common abbreviation for business in the finance and investment realms, and particularly in the broader world of business in general. Biz has become a well-recognized part of the English vernacular. It is seen daily in newspapers & magazines, on television, throughout the internet, and used repeatedly by professionals when referring to almost any kind of industry.

My own research of the .biz web address reveals that it has been adopted by many companies around the globe from small local stores to major international corporations. For business purposes and business branding, .BIZ is a major player. The .biz extension is managed by the Neustar Registry and marketed by them as …

The Internet’s Home For Business

Below is brief informational video by NTC Hosting on the .BIZ web address …
 

Dotted along the highway were numerous billboards owned by Porlier Outdoor Advertising. Billboard advertising has become a mainstay in the advertising world as they offer a unique opportunity for companies to reach drivers while they cruise the open road.

Of interest to me was Porlier’s use of the .BIZ domain name for their official website at www.Porlier.biz. The .biz extension was originally released and successfully branded as the official business web address of the internet. Porlier’s use of .biz is certainly a perfect fit for the .biz domain’s intended use.

The company’s billboards are focused on roads between St. Louis and Kansas City, and they have over 440 available billboards for local and national advertisers to use. Several of these are of the electronic type with colorful messages that rotate every 10 seconds.

Porlier can utilize a customer’s own creative designs or develop something unique in-house to suit a customer’s taste.

Here’s a unique one. Several days ago I viewed on a major highway close to Greensboro, NC a large billboard for ForkIt.biz. Yes, “Fork It”.  ForkIt.biz is a promotional campaign for hospitality careers in North Carolina sponsored by the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association. The Association is based out of Raleigh, North Carolina’s capital city, and operates its website on NCRLA.biz. A very good .biz fit.

For the uninitiated, North Carolina is a tourist & vacation state with it’s mountains, beaches, and incredible college sports dynasties. These attractions feed the hotel, hospitality, restaurant, and general tourism industry across the state.

Another local billboard for Northstate Communications uses TurnThePages.biz to invite local businesses to switch away from their current telecom provider to North State’s communication technology.

The .biz address currently has over 2.1 million worldwide registrations.

In response to price cuts, tax incentives, and great mortgage rates, buyers are going after high end residential real estate. Pamela Liebman, CEO of The Corcoran Group, is quoted as saying that positive, market-friendly conditions are motivating buyers.

In May through June of this year, Manhattan residential real estate logged 3600 sales. This was a 47% increase in property sales over the same time period in 2009.

The article identified oversized, three bedroom apartments as one of the hottest items on the Manhattan real estate market.

Liebman, of Corcoran, was also quoted by NY Daily News as reporting that bidding wars had returned to the New York City marketplace. Aggressive buyers drove up bidding as Manhattan real estate inventory began to move … with more than 50% of Corcoran agents getting caught in the middle of a price war.

Premium domain names of interest, include:

• NewYorkCity.biz
• Condos.biz
• Manhattan.mobi
• ManhattanRealEstate.US
• ManhattanApartments.US
• ManhattanCondos.US

Estates.biz is a new acquisition that pairs well with Condos.biz. The Estates.biz website was created on the newly updated DevHub website development platform.

Real estate is no doubt one of the largest industries in the world. It remains perpetually exciting and relevant because owning a home represents, for most people, the single greatest financial investment of their lifetime.

Luxury estates in particular are of interest to many people as they provide not only browsing entertainment, but also a sense of awe and inspiration. PremiumDomains.biz recently wrote about world renowned architect, John B. Scholz, whose luxury home creations are literal works of art (see article here).

Estates.biz was a relatively short project taking roughly two days. This is in sharp contrast to Charlotte.US or Detroit.US which took approximately five weeks each of full time development. Those sites are highly customized and cover a broad range of content whereas Estates.biz is obviously a singular focus on the high-end luxury home market.

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The company cover 183 destinations in 98 countries, have 417 aircraft, and conduct 1700 flights daily. That’s quite an active airline. Air France, including affiliates, employ 74,320 people.

They have done an excellent job of utilizing various country codes from around the globe, and have secured nearly all of the world’s country code web addresses for their brand. In addition to offering direct ticket sales on their site for international flights, Air France provide for the booking of hotel accomodations as well.

Interestingly, the AirFrance.biz website acts as a company portal, in conjunction with Royal Dutch Airlines, for travel agents affiliated with the two companies. Another .biz domain name, AFKL.biz (Air France/KLM), delivers agents to the same portal.

US Physical Therapy, Inc.

Interestingly, the company has secured their domain name acronym, USPH, in all of the leading top level domains: .com, .biz, .us, .info, .net, and .org. It appears that each domain extension hosts USPH’s complete website (no forwarding). This insures that anyone who types in “USPH” in any of the top web addresses will land on the company’s official website.

This is a forward-thinking corporate approach that locks in the company’s online identity and effectively blocks out anyone else from using the “USPH” designation on the internet. Typically, a company’s head of marketing, or contracted marketing firm, will propose this kind of strategy to help build & expand the company’s brand in every way possible.

US Physical Therapy currently operate 372 clinics. The company is particularly well positioned in the states of Michigan, Tennessee, and Texas where they have 40 or more clinics in each of the three states. When a corporation seriously considers the importance of reaching current and future customers, establishing a powerful online presence becomes a number one priority.

.BIZ … the official business web address of the internet.

Belgard

Belgard is owned by Oldcastle who are a leading international materials company with 1900 locations and 40,000 employees worldwide.

Belgard have an extensive presence in both the United States and Canada with their products having been successfully used in thousands of residential and commercial projects.

The company are utilizing the .BIZ (Business) web address at Belgard.biz, and have designed an attractive website containing plenty of colorful photos of their many projects. Belgard have independent contractors in every state who are well versed on the various Belgard products. The company hosts ongoing training sessions across the country and provide several certifications as well as business development & expansion courses.