Who are we?
Geo Domains are a creative Internet company that believe in the potential of geographical based websites delivering
localised content/services to users across Australia. We pride ourselves in providing features to cater for the personal user
and businesses seeking online advertising solutions.
History
2004
- July 2004 the Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) conducted a public review of the restriction on
geographical names in com.au and net.au
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August 2004 auDA decided that the restrictions on using geographical locations as domain names would be
lifted.
2005
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31st July 2005 the geographical domain names were then placed into a ballot.
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"First Round" ballots took place between 7 August 2005 and 21 August 2005, with Geo Domains receiving over 400 and
required to pay the Release Fee of $825/geographical domain name to auDA.
2006
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July 2006 Geo Domains is formed with the goal of using these geographical domain names to develop community portals
delivering localised content/services.
2007
- July 2007 all geographical portals are live.
