Dot-co domains second only to dot-com in value

A market report [pdf] from Sedo revealed that dot-co domains are now, on average, the second most valuable domains on the Internet. The average price of a dot-co domain in 2012 so far is $1,826, up from $1,769 last year. That compares to $2,775 for dot-coms, and $1,602 for dot-nets. Over two years, the market for dot-co domains has stood at $1.65 million. The report comes as .CO Internet celebrated two years since the country code was relaunched amid great fanfare. It also put out an infographic to celebrate. The company also announced that it had poached Neustar's director of product management Eric Brown to become its new VP of product and technology.