Juan Diego Calle that is the founder and CEO at .CO Internet SAS posted an article at the Go.Co blog. I more or less agree with his post. He asked a question: “In the next …
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ccTLD Registrations: CENTR members grow 2.3% compared with 1.8% for gTLDs globally
CENTR has published its latest ccTLD newsletter for December 2013. CENTR is the association of Internet Country Code Top Level Domain Registries such as .uk in the United Kingdom and .es in Spain. CENTR has 52 …
Read More »ICANN opens new comment period for New gTLD Auction Rules
ICANN opened today a comment period for New gTLD Auction Rules. The purpose is to gather community input regarding the detailed rules and processes for Auctions to resolve string contention sets in the New gTLD …
Read More »Prince Charles gets PrinceOfWales.UK while Nominet also delegates royal.uk, supremecourt.uk and jcpc.uk
Nominet has delegated the new second-level .uk domain names royal.uk, princeofwales.uk, supremecourt.uk and jcpc.uk to the Royal Household, the Household of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Supreme Court of the …
Read More ».eu Q3 report by EURid registry: registrations are stable, Germany is still #1
During Q3 2013, the number of .eu registrations decreased by 3 051 domain names, a net decrease of -0.1%, to 3.70 million. The total number of .eu domain name registered at the end of Q3 …
Read More »ICANN Ombudsman replies to complaints about Dispute Resolution Providers and Decisions about new gTLDs
ICANN Ombudsman has received a number of complaints about the results received from the dispute resolution providers in the new gTLD applications. He replied to these complaints and he said that the real problem is …
Read More »Sedo sells Schedule.me for $24,000 USD
Sedo just announced the sale of the domain Schedule.me for $24,000 USD. The domain was originally registered in 2008. The domain was bought by an individual living in Charlotte, US and is currently still using the …
Read More »SnapNames Launches .CO.UK and .CN Domain Backorders and Auctions
SnapNames announced today that .CO.UK and .CN domain names are now available for drop-catching through its online marketplace. .CO.UK and .CN are the world’s third and fourth most popular country code top-level domain (ccTLD) extensions. Here …
Read More »Dot Com is Dead? Seriously? Is Mind + Machines trying to get domainers mad?
Minds + Machines is currently running a Facebook ad that says “Dot Com is Dead” and below it says “Long live the new Top Level Domains”. I won’t even comment of this “Dot Com is …
Read More »Romania plans to introduce yearly renewal fee for .ro domain names
A recent Government proposal calls that owners of Romanian .ro domain names should pay an annual fee starting next year, to renew ownership of their domain. It is not yet clear what the renewal fee …
Read More »ICANN Issues Advice to IT Professionals on Name Collision Identification and Mitigation
ICANN today issued comprehensive advice to IT professionals worldwide on how to proactively identify and manage private name space leakage into the public Domain Name System (DNS) and thus, eliminate the causes of name collisions …
Read More ».uk Registrar Conference ‘The changing UK internet landscape’ announced by Nominet
Nominet announced their next .uk Registrar Conference that will take place on Wednesday 5th March at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London. Nominet and its registrars are all adapting to a changing domain …
Read More »HEXONET covers dotBerlin (.BERLIN) new gTLD
As HEXONET continues with the introduction of interesting new gTLD applicants, this week they wanted to highlight dotBerlin (.BERLIN). HEXONET had the opportunity to speak with Ms. Katrin Ohlmer at dotBerlin recently, which is considered …
Read More »New gTLD program posts 100 new Initial Evaluation results: 99 applications get a pass (total is 819)
The next set of Initial Evaluation (IE) Results was released by ICANN. ICANN has ramped up the number of results to batches of 100 prioritized applications per week. The total number of passing applications is now …
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