In all, there were 9900 applications for 2210 names, according to Chris Disspain, chief executive officer at .au Domain Administration (auDA), which opened the auction December 18, 2001.
Topping the list of most wanted domain names was computers.com.au, for which auDA received 76 applications.
Also in the top 10 were design.com.au; computer.com.au; software.com.au; finance.com.au; health.com.au; web.com.au; marketing.com.au; Internet.com.au; and security.com.au.
Applications for the generic domain names that auDA put up for auction closed on January 31. Now, auDA has to assess each application to see whether it is eligible.
Disspain said it would process single applications first. He is expecting it will take auDA at least two months to get through all the applications for the generic domain names up for auction.
The names on the auction list were previously classified as generic, and therefore unavailable to businesses.
Question- How can Dispane call themselves (AUDA)a domain watch dog, more like Melbourne ITs lap dog, your selling generic domains under the disguise of an auction, shame on you....