Article: Web Site Domain Names Become Big Business

RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
09-26-2007
Web Site Domain Names Become Big Business

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Now to a story about Internet real estate. Today for our Wednesday focus on the workplace, a look at business Web sites. If you're trying to register a domain name for your company, chances are your first choice is already taken. More than 100 million URLs have been purchased. You can either cough up big bucks to buy the one you want, or you can get creative, like the folks who launched SpiralFrog.com.

As Corey Moore reports, the site has nothing to do with amphibians.

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COREY MOORE: SpiralFrog.com - but ...