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 total) There's no actual analysis of the … [Read more...] about IE Domains Break 175 Thousand Mark And Reports Growth
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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. Seemingly targetted at a youthful demographic wbr.fm - Warner Brothers … [Read more...] about FM Registry Releases Top 40
ICM Submit Applications For More Adult Extensions
ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx, are applying for 3 other adult strings in the new TLD round. The company has submitted applications for .adult, .porn and .sex. I may be mistaken, but I suspect that all three of the desired strings are going to prove problematic. If the debate and controversy around .xxx was heated at times, then any application for more overt … [Read more...] about ICM Submit Applications For More Adult Extensions
UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
The UK registry, Nominet, recently hit the 10 million domain mark and to mark the event they're running a prize draw. If you're a UK resident and you register OR renew a UK domain between now and April 26th you'll be entered into the daily draw for an iPad. Full details and terms and conditions are on the official site for the draw. (And as I'm obviously biased I'd … [Read more...] about UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
Nominet, the .uk registry, announced yesterday that they'd broken the 10 million domains mark. The .uk registry is currently the 2nd largest country code extension in the world. Interestingly there were over 2 million domain names registered in each of the last two years and the renewal rate stands at around 70%. Later this year the registry will be introducing multi-year … [Read more...] about Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
DotPro Registry Migrating To Afilias Backend
The .pro registry will be migrating to the Afilias EPP system in June 2012. The move is hardly surprising, as the .pro registry was acquired by Afilias early this year. What impact will this have on registrants? Pretty much none. Registrars, however, will need to re-integrate their backend systems with the registry and unfortunately their existing connections with … [Read more...] about DotPro Registry Migrating To Afilias Backend
Irish Country Code High Risk For Business
If you're going to choose a country code for your business you might want to think long and hard about choosing the .ie ccTLD. Why? Because if you reorganise your business you might end up losing your domain. In several recent cases the IEDR have flatly refused to update the registrant details on domain names citing registry rules that were never applied to the initial … [Read more...] about Irish Country Code High Risk For Business
Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, has announced that it will be rolling out IPv6 across its remaining websites, including the registrar extranet. The registry operator is currently running its main site on both IPv4 and IPv6. All sites should be 100% dual-stack from May 2nd 2012. Unfortunately it does not look like they'll be offering the full range of services … [Read more...] about Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
Nominet To Apply For .Wales and .Cymru
In the run up to the launch of new TLDs there were a lot of rumours about which organisations would apply for which strings. Detractors might pick holes in the entire project, but it's very hard to argue against the merits of new TLDs specifically in the context of cultural linguistic communities that fall outside the realm of ccTLDs (country code top level domains). The … [Read more...] about Nominet To Apply For .Wales and .Cymru
First Decision Under New French Dispute System Published
AFNIC's new dispute resolution system, Syreli, is now live with one decision published so far. The first case involved infragenius.fr The case was processed fully in less than a month, with the initial complaint being logged on November 22nd 2011 and the decision being handed down on December 19th 2011. The first case was pretty simple and wasn't that contentious with … [Read more...] about First Decision Under New French Dispute System Published