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Norid (.no) To Permit Companies To Register More Domains

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That a ccTLD registry would restrict companies in the number of domains they can register is peculiar in some respects, as no such limitation exists in gTLD space .. The .no (Norway) domain registry will be expanding the number of domains entities may register from 30 November 2011. The permitted number will be increased to 100 domains from the current 20. Full details … [Read more...] about Norid (.no) To Permit Companies To Register More Domains

GoDaddy’s 60 Day Lock Finally Explained

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GoDaddy's 60 day lock is something that tends to provoke emotive responses. Up until now, however, the company has never provided a clear public explanation of why and how it is implemented. Finally this has happened, with GoDaddy's Christine Jones providing a very clear explanation over on her personal blog. Go read it. Seriously. The blog post comes in the wake of … [Read more...] about GoDaddy’s 60 Day Lock Finally Explained

Comments On CoCCA’s Proposals

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CoCCA have published a set of proposals under the title of "Best Practice Recommendations for Minimising Harm ( and increasing trust ) in small ccTLDs". While the spirit of the proposals is admirable I find the proposals themselves to be more than a little disturbing from both a registrant and registrar viewpoint. Since I'm not sure if the comments on the proposal will be … [Read more...] about Comments On CoCCA’s Proposals

ICANN Hits New Low In Staff Retention

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Quite a few people have voiced concerns over the last year or so with respect to ICANN's staff retention. Any time the issue is raised during an ICANN meeting, however, the CEO and board have refused to entertain any discussion of the subject and cite "industry" statistics. So how are they going to explain this one? ICANN Europe was meant to be getting a new head honcho … [Read more...] about ICANN Hits New Low In Staff Retention

Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video

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ccTLD registry managers have been "upping their game" quite a bit over the last couple of years. Whether this was inevitable or is due to the oncoming "threat" of new TLDs isn't clear. In any case it's a positive move. Some of the registries have embraced social media, unveiled slick websites and done some interesting stuff with multimedia. The .ca registry operator (CIRA) … [Read more...] about Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video

So Who Exactly Is Bob Recstrum?

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If you're an ICANN "insider" and use Twitter then you've probably come across the user account @BobRecstrum, which is an obvious parody of Rod Beckstrom. The account has been active for the last few months (since March 26th 2011 according to the Twitter timeline and this site) I've spoken to several people who might know who is behind it, but nobody is willing to admit … [Read more...] about So Who Exactly Is Bob Recstrum?

The Darker Side Of Domaining

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Whenever a celebrity dies the media has a "feeding frenzy" and sales of anything related to the departed go through the roof. It happened with Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Patrick Swayze .. the list goes on and on. When Amy Winehouse died a few weeks ago the same kind of thing happened. Every single media outlet, both online and print was covering the story. As things … [Read more...] about The Darker Side Of Domaining