If you are located on the U.S. West Coast and type in "Southland" on the Yahoo! search box, you will likely see Southland.LA appear at number eight on the first page of the search results.  Of course, if you perform the same search on the U.S. East Coast, you will not see Southland.LA at the top.  Yahoo's search engine has taken geo search to a new level.  We are very proud to see our website appear on the first page at number eight on Yahoo's search results for searches conducted on the…

The Mayor of London has announced his desire to acquire Dot-London.  The Mayor will be working with London & Partners to lead the City's effort in completing an initial analysis phase which will consist of the following:

• Identify the benefits Dot-London could bring to London
• Analyze the…

Hello Southlanders,

It may surprise many of you to learn that the LA Times has purchase www.shop.la.  Provided below is a whois search result on this .LA domain.  It's not clear how this domain will be used by the LA Times.  One possible use might be to bolster the company's efforts in the coupon space in response to the success of companies like Groupon.  We've learned that Ryan Hudson works with…

Hello Southlanders,

ICANN will be voting on the final guidbook for the introduction of new TLDs in Singapore on June 20th, 2011.  The significance of this event is that cities from all over the world will have an opportunity to apply for their own city TLD.  Cities like New York City, Paris, Berlin, London, Tokyo, San Francisco, Madrid, etc. will have an opportunity to join .LA in the DOT-CITY TLD space.  Here's a link that provide information about this event -…

Hello Southlanders,

Ever wonder who owns .LA?  LA Registry Pte Limited (previously known as "LA Names Corporation") acquired the marketing rights to .LA and started selling .LA domains during the Summer of 2003.  That's right, .LA domains have been available from LA Registry Pte Limited for almost 8 years.

I remember hearing about .LA on the radio one morning while on my way to work.  I thought to myself, "What a novel idea having a domain name for a…

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Welcome to Southland.LA!  Our social networking site is dedicated to the residents and businesses in the Southland. …

Hello Southlanders,

When you register an account with us, you will receive a Southland.LA profile address, generally with your first and last name, i.e. http://www.southland.la/profile/firstlastname (profile address not active).  If desired, you can change these characters in your Southland.LA profile address by clicking on "Settings" in the upper-right hand corner of the website.  Thereafter, click on the "My Page"…