Category: ccTLDs

Kids.us Goes The Way of the Dodo

.Kids.us is one of those domain extensions that sounds like a good idea, but when you look at it a bit more closely you end up having more questions than answers. Essentially the domain extension was designed to be a safe internet space for “kid friendly” content, but the restrictions on registration were incredibly tight.… Continue reading Kids.us Goes The Way of the Dodo

IEDR Update WHOIS Output To Include Registration Date

IEDR have updated their whois output to include the domain name registration date. The whois output now includes both the registration and the expiry dates. See example: whois neylon.ie % Rights restricted by copyright; http://iedr.ie/index.php/mnudomregs/mnudnssearch/96 % Do not remove this notice domain:       neylon.ie descr:        Michele Neylon descr:        Sole Trader descr:        Personal Trading Name admin-c:      AHN397-IEDR… Continue reading IEDR Update WHOIS Output To Include Registration Date

CENTR Publish DomainWire Stat Report Focussing On Country Code Domains

  CENTR (Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries) have published “DomainWire Stat Report” which gives a pretty good overview of internet and domain name statistics in Europe (and internationally) Some headline figures: approximately 40% of domains are ccTLDs .com dominates gTLDs with approximately 75% of the market The top 20 ccTLDs account for… Continue reading CENTR Publish DomainWire Stat Report Focussing On Country Code Domains

Chilean Domain Registry Expands DNS Infrastructure

The Chilean ccTLD has expanded its DNS infrastructure with the addition of three new nameservers in London, Amsterdam and Tokyo. The registry has been expanding its external DNS infrastructure over the last couple of years and now has DNS in multiple locations across the globe: Further details on their site

AFNIC Win .FR Bid Again

Due to a rather odd Gallic twist AFNIC was forced to bid on the .fr registry contract again. They announced on Thursday that the French government had awarded the contract to them (again) for a 5 year period: In an Order published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 28 June 2012, Ms… Continue reading AFNIC Win .FR Bid Again

CIRA To Go Offline For 24 Hours

CIRA, the .ca registry, is taking their entire registry offline except for resolution services for 24 hours. While most domain registries conduct scheduled maintenance that would impact the SRS at some level and for several hours at a time I don’t think I’ve ever seen a relatively large domain registry plan a 24 hour outage… Continue reading CIRA To Go Offline For 24 Hours

.Be Registry Offering Registrants Certificates

DNS.be, the organisation that runs the .be registry, recently upgraded their software backend to add some new features. While most upgrades usually only impact registrars, the latest update includes an interesting new feature for registrants – registration certificates. While this isn’t a completely novel idea (a number of other ccTLDs offer it) it’s a nice… Continue reading .Be Registry Offering Registrants Certificates

UK Domain Names Now Available For 1 to 10 Year Registration and Renewal

Nominet turned on multi-year registrations and renewals today, so now UK domain names can be registered or renewed for periods from 1 to 10 years. With this move Nominet brings itself into line with gTLDs and a lot of other ccTLDs, where the 1 to 10 year registration period has been available for some time.… Continue reading UK Domain Names Now Available For 1 to 10 Year Registration and Renewal

Nic MX Rebrands Registrar Division

The .mx registry, Nic MX, has rebranded its registrar division as “Akky” and sports a new logo and corporate image. They’ve adopted the hare as their new image stating that it symbolises agility, speed and warmth (or maybe I messed up the translation!) The new site doesn’t have any additional information on what exactly they’re… Continue reading Nic MX Rebrands Registrar Division

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