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CIRA Releases New Cheeky Ad Campaign

September 23, 2019 by Michele Neylon

CIRA, the .ca (Canada) domain name registry has released a new advert for a television advertising campaign. The campaign is build around the hashtag #DontBeATraitor and I hope they do more of these.I love the concept of pushing a country code on the basis of national pride and loyalty so I really like this video ad:What do you think?Personally I think anyone … [Read more...] about CIRA Releases New Cheeky Ad Campaign

New Zealand’s ccTLD Release Q1 Snapshot Report

July 28, 2019 by Michele Neylon

While pretty much every registry operator out there will put out a full annual report at some point there are a few who also release a variety of shorter reports over the course of the year. In the case of .nz, the country code for New Zealand, they've started publishing short snapshot reports on a quarterly basis.There's some interesting insights in the report:710982 … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s ccTLD Release Q1 Snapshot Report

DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%

July 15, 2019 by Michele Neylon

DNS Belgium, which runs both the .be ccTLD as well as the new TLDs .brussels and .vlaanderen, has published their annual report. Unlike most of the other domain name registries DNS Belgium have opted to take a much more interactive approach, so you can play around with the data and interact with it over on the report site.The trend of recent years was confirmed in 2018. We … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%

Chilean ccTLD Introduces Legal Assistance Service

April 10, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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The Chilean country code registry (.cl) has announced the formal introduction of a legal assistance service for registrants. Obviously they're not going to get embroiled in all legal disputes, but what they are going to do is help registrants who might be hit with a dispute involving their domains. They've been working on this project for over a year, so this week's … [Read more...] about Chilean ccTLD Introduces Legal Assistance Service

UK Right of Registration Ends June 25th

March 27, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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It's been nearly 5 years since Nominet introduced direct domain registrations in .uk. The introduction of .uk was very contentious as I wrote at the time.As part of the rollout the registry decided to give registrants of pre-existing .co.uk domains a pre-emptive right to the equivalent .uk domain name. While other country code registries, such as .nz, opted for shorter … [Read more...] about UK Right of Registration Ends June 25th

AuDA Consultation on Direct Registrations and Other Anti-Domainer Policies

March 26, 2019 by Michele Neylon

At present the Australian ccTLD only allows registrations under extensions such as com.au, net.au, org.au etc., The registry's rules make it quite hard, though not impossible for non-Australians to register domain names. However if you hold a trademark that is valid in Australia you can get a domain.In common with other country codes they've been examining the possibility … [Read more...] about AuDA Consultation on Direct Registrations and Other Anti-Domainer Policies

CENTR Releases Q4 2018 Stats

March 12, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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CENTR has published the 2018 Q4 edition of their global domain statistics. The report, which is available both as a static document as well as an interactive page, is available here.Overall domain name volumes globally continue to grow, but that growth has slowed. In the European ccTLD space there's been a decline in growth trends, though the growth continues for now. … [Read more...] about CENTR Releases Q4 2018 Stats

CENTR Publishes Paper on Online Content

February 2, 2019 by Michele Neylon

CENTR, which is an association representing mostly European based country code domain name registries, has published a paper on online content, specifically matters related to alleged "illegal" content.The paper, entitled "Domain Name Registries and Online Content", explores how registries, registrars, hosting providers and content interact. It underlines, for example, that … [Read more...] about CENTR Publishes Paper on Online Content

DNS Belgium Issues Call for Forum Members

December 5, 2018 by Michele Neylon

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DNS Belgium, which runs the .be ccTLD registry, as well as .brussels and .vlaanderen, has been running a forum for registrars for several years.Membership is open to .be registrars and currently it has 15 members. Members "represent the full .be sales channel of 430 registrars. At the meetings you are the first to hear about our innovations, new product developments and … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Issues Call for Forum Members

IE ccTLD Removes DNS Checks

November 29, 2018 by Michele Neylon

The .ie ccTLD had finally removed DNS checks from its processes. Up until the change, which came last night, any new registrations, transfers or other updates would be delayed until the DNS delegation had been checked.What that meant in reality is that if a domain's delegated nameservers were not 100% compliant with the RFCs then the registration or change would be … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD Removes DNS Checks

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