Spamhaus published the latest report for the most abused top-level domains in botnets from Q4 2021: A new entry at #4 We don’t often see new TLD entries within the top five of this Botnet …
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Web Hosting Canada launches .CA domain backordering
Web Hosting Canada has announced the official launch of its .CA domain name backordering platform. Canadians can use the new tool to register .CA domain names the second they expire and before they become available to …
Read More »Domain name trend report: December 2021
This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current …
Read More ».TV domains: The government of Tuvalu selected GoDaddy registry
The Government of Tuvalu selected GoDaddy Registry as the new registry service provider for the .TV country code Top-Level domain replacing Verisign. The announcement follows a competitive render process conducted by the ministry of Finance …
Read More ».EU brexit-related domains to be released
All Brexit-related domain names, which were moved to the “WITHDRAWN” status on 1 July 2021, will be revoked and released on Monday, 3 January 2022. About 48,000 domain names will become available for general registration …
Read More »364.6 million domain registrations in Q3 2021
The third quarter of 2021 closed with 364.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, a decrease of 2.7 million domain name registrations, or 0.7%, compared to the second quarter of 2021. Domain name …
Read More »Record low .UK domains suspended by law enforcement
Nominet, the .UK registry, has today published its update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to 31 October 2021. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain …
Read More »PIR acquires .GIVING, partners with DONUTS
Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced an expansion of its registry portfolio of top-level domains. PIR’s acquired the New gTLD extension .GIVING from Giving Limited. Once the transfer is finalized, PIR will “offer access to …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: November 2021
This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current …
Read More »Nominet appoints Paul Fletcher as CEO
Nominet announced that Paul Fletcher will join as CEO. Paul Fletcher is currently CEO at BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, an organisation with 60,000 members. He will join Nominet in February 2022, bringing vital experience of working with a wide variety of …
Read More ».US Town Hall and the Secure WHOIS Gateway Proposal
The .US ccTLD extension had its live town hall forum with the .US Stakeholder Council. The Town Hall had a rundown of the current state of the domain industry and .US specifically plus policy considerations …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: October 2021
This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current …
Read More »EURid wins the European Commission call for .eu registry
EURid announced it has again been selected by the European Commission to continue as the .eu TLD`s registry manager through to October 2027. In May of 2021, EURid submitted its application to the EC call …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: September 2021
This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current …
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