The domain registry for the Brazilian country code, .br, has passed the 3 million domain names mark. The milestone was reached at 22.52 GMT … [Read more...] about Brazilian Registry: Another ccTLD Milestone
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SIDN Breaks 5 Million Domains Registered
SIDN, the .nl domain name registry, has broken the 5 million name barrier. CEO of the registry, Roelof Meijer, tweeted the milestone announcement this morning: https://twitter.com/RoelofMeijer/status/229889576230068224 … [Read more...] about SIDN Breaks 5 Million Domains Registered
DotCo Celebrates 2 Years In Operation
CoInternet aka .co launched 2 years ago today. They've pushed out a nice infographic to highlight some of their achievements: Have you registered any .co domains? … [Read more...] about DotCo Celebrates 2 Years In Operation
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. How many .kids.us domains were registered? No idea, but … [Read more...] about Kids.us Goes The Way of the Dodo
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 … [Read more...] about 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 … [Read more...] about Chilean Domain Registry Expands DNS Infrastructure
Big Brands Trying To Corner Generic Namespaces?
Trying to make sense of the nearly 2000 new TLD applications is not something that anyone can do quickly. Sure, you can look at the list and see who has applied for what, but it's only when you actually read the "public" part of their submission that you can get an insight into their plans. Let's call a spade a spade. If a big brand wants to get its own TLD then it's pretty … [Read more...] about Big Brands Trying To Corner Generic Namespaces?
Telnic Senior Staffer Departs
Looks like there's more musical chairs going on. This time it's chez Telnic where their registrar liaison has announced his departure at the end of this month. Adrian Snell has been with Telnic for the last four years and saw the company through its initial launch phase. Will we be getting some big announcement about his new role like we did with Pinky Brand? … [Read more...] about Telnic Senior Staffer Departs
Pinky Brand Leaves Afilas / DotMobi
Domain industry veteran Pinkard Alan Brand, better known as "Pinky", has left Afilias / DotMobi. Brand was with .mobi from before their launch and in recently had been focussing on the GoMobi product. With Pinky's deep industry knowledge and experience I'd expect to see him being snapped up fairly quickly! Related articles DotPro Registry Migrating To Afilias Backend … [Read more...] about Pinky Brand Leaves Afilas / DotMobi
Denic Breaks 15 Million Names
Denic, the registry operator for .de, the country code for Germany, has now got over 15 million domain names registered. The registry operator is currently showing 15,000,530 names in total, so the 15 million milestone was probably hit in the last couple of hours. I suspect they'll make an official announcement in the next day or two. Related … [Read more...] about Denic Breaks 15 Million Names