Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong domains, today announced the upcoming issuance of a Request for Information for the procurement of its back-end registry services. Afilias, the current PIR …
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Growth Of 1.1% In 2015 For The “Big Six” Legacy TLDs (Vs. 2.5% in 2014)
The Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names analyses the prospects for growth in 2015 of the 6 main Legacy gTLDs: the .com, .net and .org stand up better than .biz, .info, and .mobi. It shows …
Read More »PIR Launches Happy30th.org For The .Org 30th Anniversary
To mark the 30th anniversary of the first .ORG domain registration on July 10, 1985, Public Interest Registry (PIR) wants to celebrate the history and share the stories of just some of the millions of …
Read More »30 Facts About .Org Domain Names
The .org extension is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary this week. Here is a list of 30 fun facts about .org that you probably don’t know. Mitre Corporation, a research and development center sponsored by the …
Read More »November: 827 Domain Name Renewals And 119 Drops (12.6%)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. I am a bit late on this report because of the holidays and NamesCon. So, in November I …
Read More »October: My 476 Domain Name Renewals And 49 Drops (9.3%)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. I am a bit late on this report. So, in October I renewed 476 domains and dropped 49 …
Read More »September: My 639 Domain Name Renewals And 118 Drops (15.6%)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. In September I renewed 639 domains and dropped 118 of them. So I dropped about 15.6% of the …
Read More »August: My Domain Name Renewals (571) And Drops (67)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. This month I renewed 571 domains and dropped 67 of them. So I dropped about 10.5% of the …
Read More ».ORG Bi-Annual Report: 1.4% Increase Up To 10,428,027 Domain Names
Public Interest Registry, the .org registry, released today the bi-annual report on the growth of .org domains. The report reveals that in the past twelve months the total number of .org domains under management increased …
Read More »Why I Renewed 1,000 Domain Names In July And Dropped 130
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. This month I renewed almost 1,000 domains and dropped 130 of them. So I dropped about 11.5% of …
Read More ».ORG 2013 Report by PIR: 206,542 new domains, 2.6% growth, 40% of registrations are from overseas
Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard,” detailing the increased growth of .ORG throughout 2013. The report reveals …
Read More ».org whois server changes from PIR
I am using Watch My Domains ISP to manage my domain names. This is a great tool for all domainers and I highly recommend it. I was using it checking whois for about 500 of …
Read More »Fixed: .org whois server is not responding
I just tried to check whois details for a .org domain and it seems that the .org whois server is down and is not responding. A whois search at PIR, the .org registry, whois search …
Read More ».org Project 94 combined results: 50 domains sold for $143,661, not a single 1 character .org sold
In a terrible PR move PIR, the .org registry, managed to not sell a single 1 character .org domain from the 31 domains that were auctioned off in the 2 auctions run by Namejet/Enom and …
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