CNNIC and Verisign signed on April 19 an agreement for the real name verification service of Verisign’s .COM and .NET top-level domains. Aiming to the healthy development of the Chinese domain name industry, CNNIC will provide …
Read More »auDA Will Soon Introduce First Level Domain Name Registrations In .AU
Soon Australians will be able to make first level domain name registrations in .au, for example, “MyName.au”. The .au domain extension is the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) restricted to use by individuals, organisations, …
Read More ».EU Domains Celebrate 10th Anniversary
On 7 April 2016, .eu domain names celebrated their tenth anniversary. Since 2006, EURid, the .eu managing registry has offered the .eu extension to residents of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area …
Read More »99% Of .EU Accredited Registrars Are Overall Satisfied With EURid
EURid, the .eu registry, published the annual registrar satisfaction survey. The findings shows that 99% of .eu accredited registrars feel they are overall satisfied with EURid, according to the results of the 2015 Registrar Satisfaction …
Read More »Mapping The Online World
Nominet published an infographic showing all the domain name extensions (ccTLDs) of the world. Nominet has been looking for a way to visualise global internet use. The result is the map of the online world, …
Read More ».EU Domains Increase To 3.87 Million
The latest progress report from the .eu registry, EURid, is out and is showing that during Q4 2015, the number of .eu registrations increased by 7 937 domain names, a net increase of 0.2%, to …
Read More ».CO Now Has 2 Million Registered Domain Names (Infographic)
Last week, the .CO registry announced that there are now more than 2 million registered .CO domain names. The .COmmunity has grown by over 7000% in just five short years. Check out the infographic below for …
Read More ».EU Registry Desperate For EUR 300 Domain Complaints?
The fee for a basic .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure will continue to be discounted, following an agreement between the .eu registry EURid and the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), the institution appointed to rule …
Read More »Whois That Lets You Offer A Domain For Sale & Has Stats On Whois Lookups
The new .eu whois is light years ahead of any other whois system, that I have seen, with an option to offer a domain name for sale and providing whois and Alexa stats on one …
Read More ».EU Registrations Are Steady While The WHOIS Quality Programme Takes Off
The latest progress report from the .eu registry, EURid, is showning that the number of .eu registrations increased by 4,578 domain names, a net increase of 0.1%, to 3.85 million during Q3 2015. Iceland, Cyprus …
Read More ».GR Domains I Bought This Year
I am buying .com, .org and New gTLDs but I am also buying a few ccTLDs. I own a few .co.uk, a couple .co (do these count as ccTLDs?) and of course a lot of …
Read More »Kids.us Is (Once Again) Officially Suspended For Good!
On August 17, 2015 the Stakeholder Council met. The Council carefully considered the report on the kids.us domain and unanimously recommended that the requirement be suspended for the life of the Neustar .us contract. Back …
Read More ».EU Q2 2015 Report: Domain Registrations Increase By 0.7%
The latest progress report from the .eu registry, EURid, has shown that the total number of .eu domain name registered at the end of Q2 represented an increase of 0.7%, or 26 368 registrations, when …
Read More »Changes To .UK WHOIS Policy – Nominet Introduces New Privacy Services
In response to the increasing desire for privacy online, following a consultation, Nominet is planning to introduce a new framework for privacy services within .UK. At the same time, Nominet will be clarifying the criteria for …
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