Nominet has published a very detailed and comprehensive position paper on “front running”. Although the paper is a mere 5 pages long it covers all the areas that the topic encompasses very well and is well worth a read. The topic of “front running” has received some publicity in the last few months. If you’re… Continue reading Nominet Position Paper on Front Running
Month: November 2007
IE Domain Registry Adds RSS News Feed
The IE Domain Registry has added an RSS feed with their latest news items. You can subscribe to the feed here
Nominet Wins Enum +44 Contract
Nominet has been awarded the contract to run the Tier 1 registry for ENUM services in the UK (+44). ENUM is slowly gaining ground across the EU and elsewhere, as it allows for the convergence of telephony with IP services.
UK Registrar 123 Reg Experiencing Issues?
According to several reports UK registrar and hosting company UK Reg has been experiencing intermittent issues. More details are available here and here The company issued a statement to explain what happened: 123-reg experienced intermittent performance issues on its DNS servers between late afternoon on Friday 16 November and Sunday 18 November. This meant that… Continue reading UK Registrar 123 Reg Experiencing Issues?
Eurid Quarterly Report – EU Usage Up
According to the latest report from Eurid to the EU Commission usage of .eu domains is up based on DNS query volumes. Seemingly registrants average 2.6 domains each! The full report is available for download as a PDF
New ICANN Chair Encourages Participation
ICANN’s new chairman, Peter Dengate Thrush, has been urging more public participation in ICANN. Speaking at the Internet Governance Forum in Rio, Mr Dengate Thrush told attendees that “the door is open”. In common with a lot of big organisations ICANN has been trying in recent months to get more public involvement, with Kieren McCarthy… Continue reading New ICANN Chair Encourages Participation
eNum 353 Public Day
The Irish eNum registry is organising a public “user day” later this month: Venue: Gresham Hotel, O’Connell St, Dublin 1 Date: Wednesday 28th November 2007 Time: 4.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. (followed by drinks and snacks) here will be no charge to attend the information session. (parking available; close to DART and LUAS) Agenda: *… Continue reading eNum 353 Public Day
Nominet Registrant Emails Change
Nominet have announced that they will be delaying the registrant welcome emails by 48 hours for new registrations.This change comes in response to registrar feedback, as many registrants were getting confused by the Nominet emails. More info on the Nominet news site
Nominet Registrar Conference
Nominet is organising a conference next week to bring its registrars up to date on services and products (as well as industry trends!). The conference will cover topics such as enum, raising capital, email marketing and SEO. Full details may be found on the Nominet site
DomainFest 2008 Auction With SnapNames
The 2008 DomainFest, which is to be held in Hollywood, will include a live auction this time round. Since Oversee acquired SnapNames earlier this year it’s only logical that they would be the partner chosen to run that part of the event. If you have some domains that you’d like to auction off now is… Continue reading DomainFest 2008 Auction With SnapNames