ICANN is an international organisation, but how international is it really? If reading lists with lots of text is hard work, then maybe a more visual representation of the same data might be easier to digest. ICANN have made available a collection of maps that show a wealth of information about the domain world: *… Continue reading Mapping ICANN
Category: ccTLDs
IEDR Board To Vote On Rule Change
The board of the IE Domain Registry are to vote on the proposed change to the registry rules governing “personal” IE domains. The registry consulted the main stakeholders prior to sending the proposal to the board for vote. It looks likely that the change will be introduced within the next two months.
IE ccTLD Breaks 80k Barrier
John mentions that the IE ccTLD has broken the 80 thousand mark. The current count stands at 80216 live domains. (source IEDR) While not a huge ccTLD, the .ie namespace has been growing steadily. As the rules have become relaxed you can see a nice growth in the graph (see IEDR stats for details)
Nominet Upgrade Leads To Delays
Nominet’s planned upgrades seemed to have run into some minor issues leading to delays with the automaton and other backend systems.
Google vs EUBrowser
I’ve been following the antics of EUBrowser for some time now, but I almost missed the Google domains! John, luckily, spotted that little move. I didn’t spot the handover, as the domains were subject to a UDRP that was cancelled, so no decision was published. To date we’ve seen only a handful of their domains… Continue reading Google vs EUBrowser
IEDR Revising Policy on Personal IE Domains
The IE Domain Registry is currently revising the policy that governs the registration of personal domain names such as “johndoe.ie”. I’ve covered the story in more depth on my main blog.
AU Deregulation Bad?
One of the strongest selling points of a regulated ccTLD is security and peace of mind. What that translates into in practice is that there is a slightly higher degree of control over who gets to register domains. In Ireland, for example, the IEDR has been able to vaunt the IE ccTLD due to its… Continue reading AU Deregulation Bad?
More Price Changes – NZ Drops Price!
Christopher Ambler reports a price drop announcement from the New Zealand nic. Since Verisign‘s announcement a few weeks ago a lot of the registries have been following their “example” and announcing price increases. NB: All price increases are at the registrar level and may or may not be passed on to regisrants