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The company confirmed its application to become the registry operator of the [[.web]] generic top level domain name ([[gTLD]]) to [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]]. David Brown, Chairman and CEO of the company believe that the proposed .web TLD will provide a good opportunity for businesses and consumers to register their desired domain names. He is also confident that his company has a great advantage in gaining ICANN's approval to operate the .web domain name space because it owns the Web.com trademark. According to Brown, ''"We believe we possess the natural platform from which to successfully market the new .WEB top level domain since we are the sole owner of the Web.com trademark as issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office."'' Furthermore he said, ''"With the resources of a nearly $500 million company and the inherent marketing advantage of the Web.com name, we believe we have the best opportunity to initiate and accelerate .WEB’s adoption as a universally understood and accepted top level domain."'' <ref>[http://www.thehostingnews.com/web-com-applies-to-be-registry-for-web-24478.html Web.com Applies to be Registry for “.WEB”]</ref>

Web.com began in 1997 under the name, Website Pros. In 2001, the company made their first acquisition and bought Net Objects, a year later they acquired Innuity. Subsequent acquisitions include: Leads.com (2005), Renovation Experts (2006), 1stshoppingcart.com (2006), SubmitAWebds (2007), Web.com (2008) Solid Cactus (2009).  It acquired Register.com in 2010, and [[Network Solutions]] in 2011.