Now people can register custom .CO web addresses for their businesses, brands or blogs directly on WordPress.com. “Short, memorable and easy to share, .CO has become one of the most popular web addresses among developers, bloggers, innovators and entrepreneurs,” said Raanan Bar-Cohen, Senior Vice President, Commercial Services, Automattic. “By partnering with .CO, we hope that WordPress.com will inspire even more people to launch more businesses, unleash more ideas, share more content -- and to build the future online.”

“WordPress.com customers already get the world’s most incredible content management system, with web hosting, security and analytics built right in – all without having to deal with web servers, complex configurations or coding," said Nicolai Bezsonoff, COO of .CO, “the custom .CO domain option is the icing on the cake!”