The IEDR, which is the current registry operator for dotIE (.ie), announced today that its quarter 1 registration figures were the highest to date. Close to 10 thousand IE domains were registered in the period up to the end of March 2009, which is a 28% increase over Q4 2008. Though the press release doesn’t… Continue reading IE Domain Registry Announces Record Growth
Category: Statistics
Some Domain Dispute Figures (Just for fun!)
Trawling through domain dispute data can be vaguely amusing, if you’re a bit bored on a Saturday… By TLD in no particular order: .ie – total of 25 cases, 4 so far this year of which 3 are ongoing (greenoffice.ie, todayfm.ie, monsterfinance.ie) .es – 145 .fr 180 .tel – none to date .mobi – 189… Continue reading Some Domain Dispute Figures (Just for fun!)
Belgian Registry Hits 900k Mark
DNS.be has announced that the 900th thousandth .be domain has gone live. So how long before they break the magic million? Full release below: 900,000th .be domain name activated Today 16 April 2009, saw the 900,000th .be domain name registered with DNS BE. The 900,000th domain name is artchaud.be, owned by a Flemish artist creating… Continue reading Belgian Registry Hits 900k Mark
Belgian Registry Reports Strong Growth
DNS.be, who run the Belgian (.be) registry have announced their figures and report for 2008. Unlike some registries that focus purely on number, the Belgian registry has done some analysis on the type of registrant. Some of the results are not surprising. Most .be domains are registered to Belgians (over 70%). 69% are registered by… Continue reading Belgian Registry Reports Strong Growth
ICANN Announces Deadlines for New AGP Policy
ICANN have announced their implementation plans for the new AGP (Add Grace Period) Limits Policy The plan specifies that gTLD Operators (hereinafter referred to as “Operators”) must inform each of their accredited Registrars of the new Policy within the next 21 days and subsequently implement the Policy as soon as possible thereafter but no later… Continue reading ICANN Announces Deadlines for New AGP Policy
ICANN Shares Even More Data With Users
ICANN may have its flaws, but transparency is one area where they have been making some fantastic progress. ICANN has just announced a range of new material available to the public via the “dashboard“ You can now easily see all sorts of statistics and graphs related to registry activity, finances and more. Pretty cool! Related… Continue reading ICANN Shares Even More Data With Users
IEDR Releases More Hyped Statistics
The IEDR has obviously released some form of press release in the last few days to put a spin on its latest figures. Of course the press release isn’t on the registry’s website nor has it been sent to stakeholders yet again, though I was able to get my hands on a copy of it… Continue reading IEDR Releases More Hyped Statistics
New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
John McCormac has been collecting and processing statistics on domain registrations and hosting for as long as I can remember. He is probably best known for Hackwatch and WhoisIreland, which produces monthly reports for the Irish hosting and domain industry. John’s latest project has been in development for several months and offers an alternative to… Continue reading New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
Multiyear Registrations Prove Popular
While it’s been less than a month since the introduction of multi-year registrations in the IE namespace, initial figures show that 6% of new registrations since then have been for two years or more.
UK Hits Seven Million Domains
The UK registry has now hit the seven million names registered. You may recall them hitting six million names in July of last year, which means (obviously) that they’ve added over one million names in just over a year. tootsdrivingschool.co.uk was the 7 millionth domain. More on this story on the Nominet site