As a follow-up to our previous announcement on July 20th, we've started the process of identifying .LA domains that we would like to donate to the City of Los Angeles, universities, communities, and the entertainment industry. Provided below is a list of .LA domains currently under consideration. Inquiries may be sent to sales@southland.la.



City of Los Angeles:

Mayor.LA (Donated to City of Los Angeles)…

Continue

Recently, GoDaddy announced that it has started selling .LA domains. Those of us that know GoDaddy well understand that this is a very welcome change. Not only is GoDaddy selling .LA domains, but, it is also advertising this effort via billboards throughout LA. Up to this point in time, advertising of .LA was essentially non-existent. Therefore, we very much welcome having a multi-billion dollar revenue company backing .LA with this kind of vision.



With that said, let's take a deeper… Continue

We've often wondered why Google has chosen to use Google.LA for Laos when this space is clearly being marketed and used for the LA Metropolitan Area. One thought that came to our mind is the concern of city TLDs becoming the mainstream and with it a redirection of ad dollars going to city coffers. Well, that thought has become a step closer to reality with .nyc. According to Connecting.NYC, this very idea is being considered via search.nyc. Given Google's attempt to create confusion in the .LA… Continue

ICANN approved another 92 gTLD bids in the most recent week as part of the initial evaluation phase. Some of the more notable bids is .berlin, .budapest, .nyc, and .wien.

Hello Southlanders, it's been a while since we posted our last blog. As many of you already know, ICANN is in the process of reviewing applications for over 1,900 new top level domains (TLDs). Hard to believe that almost 5 years after ICANN approved the idea of introducing new TLDs, we are still waiting to see them introduced into the market. New TLDs are expected to be released as early as the second half of this year.



We've been waiting patiently as we know .LA will benefit from… Continue

Continue

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…

Continue

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…

Continue

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…

Continue

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 -…

Continue

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…

Continue

Hello,

 

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

Continue

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"…

Continue