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?
Category: registries
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
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
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.… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading Denic Breaks 15 Million Names
IE Domains Break 175 Thousand Mark And Reports Growth
The latest press release from IEDR covering Q1 of 2012 announces a couple of things: Q1 2012 registration figures were 12.2% higher than Q4 2011. We previously reported that they’d recorded a 12.9% growth during 2011 There are now more than 175 thousand .ie domain names registered. (As of 12.21 today there are 178949 in… Continue reading IE Domains Break 175 Thousand Mark And Reports Growth
FM Registry Releases Top 40
BRS Media, the people behing both .am and .fm domain registries, have released the rather aptly named “Top 40” of .fm domain names. The list includes some familiar names (to me), while others are not so well known, at least to a Westerner like me. The top 10 are: douban.fm – A Chinese music site.… Continue reading FM Registry Releases Top 40