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Read More »Global domain name growth slows down
Global domain name growth has slowed down during the first quarter of 2019. That is not a concern to me as growth is bound to slow down sometime, especially for New gTLDs. We have enough …
Read More »1st time since 1986 the number of .DE domains drops
Every year, the precise geographic distribution of .de domains is mapped in the annual regional domain statistics published by DENIC. The registry managing all domains with the ending .de now presents the results of 2018. …
Read More »3 months left to get your reserved .UK domains but most people don’t want them
.UK domain registrants with a third-level domain (.co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, .net.uk, .plc.uk or .ltd.uk) are reminded that they have less than three months left to secure the shorter second level (.uk) equivalent, before it is …
Read More »Domains grow 3.7% to 348 million across all TLDs in 2018
CENTR published its CENTRstats Global TLD Report quarterly publication covering status and trends in global top-level domains with a focus on European ccTLDs (country code top-level domains). Global Market The global TLD market is estimated …
Read More »Neustar completes transition of India’s .IN ccTLD to Neustar’s registry
Neustar Data Infotech (India) Private Limited, a subsidiary of Neustar®, Inc. (“Neustar”), today completed the transition of India’s .IN country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) to Neustar’s Registry platform. A total of two million .IN domain …
Read More »EU/EEA citizens will be able to register .eu domains even if they live outside of the EU
The European Parliament, the Council, and the European Commission reached an agreement on 5 December on the new rules guiding the .eu top-level domain (TLD). Negotiators agreed on the reform of the .eu TLD to …
Read More »The new auDA constitution was approved
The new Constitution of auDA, Australia’s .au domain name administrator and regulator, was approved by members at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Members voted to approve the new constitution which will see a new governance model …
Read More »A look at .io domains through the lense of startups and the crypto market
Art Malkov takes a look at .io domains through the lense of startups and the crypto market: .Io history, who is using .io domains and why. After I spent years in the domain space, often …
Read More »3.1 million .au domain names move from Neustar to Afilias
3.1 million .au domain names moved overnight from Neustar to Afilias, the new .au registry and domain name infrastructure. .au Domain Administration Ltd CEO, Cameron Boardman, said the transition of the registry to Afilias Australia …
Read More »Some very interesting domain name statistics
Afnic has published its 2017 study on the global domain name market, based on ICANN statistics, registry figures, specialized site information and internal research: At the end of 2017, the global domain name market represented …
Read More ».CO domains get approved in China
The .CO country code top-level domain (ccTLD) has been approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to proceed with full commercial operations in China. This allows Chinese entrepreneurs and companies who own …
Read More ».EU suspends over 11,000 abusive domain names
On 21 June 2018, EURid, the .EU registry, suspended 11,760 domain names that were registered with non-eligible registration data, of which some have been reported for abuse. With actions as such, .EU says that its …
Read More »Internet grows to 333.8m domains in Q1 2018 with no help from new gTLDs
Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the first quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 333.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately …
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