At the ICANN meeting, VeriSign had the cameras running to capture attendees answers to how .com changed their life.
Its part of VeriSign year long celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 1st .com registration.
The campaign is called, HowDoYou.com.
Basically VeriSign is looking for you to tell how .com changed your life and is putting up a prizes of $10,000, $5,ooo, $2,500 plus they are giving away 10 iPads.
To enter the contest which is opened until August 31, 2010, to anyone in the world click here.
The official word from VeriSign is below.
“Tell Us How .com Has Changed Your World and you could win $10K”
“”Maybe it helped you meet your boyfriend/girlfriend/dog walker. Or keep a friendship alive from continents away. Or learn something that protected your health or that of a loved one. Whatever role .com has had in your life, we want to hear about it””
“”Simply enter the contest and submit a short video or essay that tells us how .com has changed your life. If your entry wins (by a combination of judging and popular votes), you could win one of ten iPads™, $2,500, $5,000, or $10,000.””
“”.com has already changed the world. And now it could change your world even more.””
“”The deadline to submit your entry is 11:59 p.m. MDT on August 31, 2010—don’t wait to tell your story!””
“”Videos should be under 2 minutes, and essays should be 300 words or less.”
“Submissions will be reviewed prior to posting and may be rejected if inappropriate, so keep it clean, folks! Remember that by submitting an entry, you are representing that you are eligible to participate and you have read, understand, and agree to comply with the Official Rules for the contest. Click here to view the eligibility requirements and the complete Official Rules.”
Good luck to all and if you win don’t forget to give a little love back to TheDomains.com!!!!
Interesting to note, it would appear Verisign purchased the domain HowDoYou.com on or about 5/6/2010.
Yes, .com had changed my life and my vision forever!
Thanks for the post.
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I don’t think your even going to get the iPad with that answer
It seems people from the UK can not enter as the choose country options are USA or Canada!.
Shame, i quite fancied an IPad.
Good luck to all who enter.
Yes, .com had changed my life and my vision forever! Definitely!!!
How else can I tell someone in their face that their website is a totally BullShitWebsites!!!
Really!!!
Godaddy has it right–express yourself with domains.