The Registerfly website has been updated to reflect their loss of ICANN accreditation. You can now see the following on the main page: NOTICE TO CONSUMERS. THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS - THE NON FOR PROFIT ENTITY THAT ADMINISTERS THE INTERNET'S DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM, HAS ISSUED A NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF THIS COMPANY'S ACCREDITATION TO SERVE AS AN … [Read more...] about RegisterFly Site Finally Updates
Whois Abused For Publicity?
Whois data has been talked about quite a bit over the last few months. While there maybe valid reasons to hide who owns a domain via a proxy service of some kind outright abuse of the whois objects is a different matter. While checking a domain earlier this evening I came across the oddest whois output I'd ever seen: Domain name: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com Registrant … [Read more...] about Whois Abused For Publicity?
IE ccTLD Breaks 80k Barrier
John mentions that the IE ccTLD has broken the 80 thousand mark. The current count stands at 80216 live domains. (source IEDR) While not a huge ccTLD, the .ie namespace has been growing steadily. As the rules have become relaxed you can see a nice growth in the graph (see IEDR stats for details) … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD Breaks 80k Barrier
Nominet Upgrade Leads To Delays
Nominet's planned upgrades seemed to have run into some minor issues leading to delays with the automaton and other backend systems. … [Read more...] about Nominet Upgrade Leads To Delays
Keeping Track of Domain Industry Events
As the domain industry matures the number of domain related industry events grows also. Trying to keep track of them all is time consuming to say the least, so I was delighted when Frank mentioned that he'd setup a new site specifically for this: DN Calendar … [Read more...] about Keeping Track of Domain Industry Events
Google vs EUBrowser
I've been following the antics of EUBrowser for some time now, but I almost missed the Google domains! John, luckily, spotted that little move. I didn't spot the handover, as the domains were subject to a UDRP that was cancelled, so no decision was published. To date we've seen only a handful of their domains being moved back to the holders of the intellectual property that … [Read more...] about Google vs EUBrowser
IEDR Revising Policy on Personal IE Domains
The IE Domain Registry is currently revising the policy that governs the registration of personal domain names such as "johndoe.ie". I've covered the story in more depth on my main blog. … [Read more...] about IEDR Revising Policy on Personal IE Domains
.EU Deletions Uncovered
The first anniversary of .eu has come and gone and with it many EU domains have ceased to exist. At the beginning of last month I was wondering how many EU domains would drop off the 'net completely and it now seems that the number was in excess of 250k. John speculates that a lot of the domains that were not renewed were purely speculative registrations, however he also … [Read more...] about .EU Deletions Uncovered
ICANN Getting Worried About Registries and Registrars?
So far this year has been a very busy year for ICANN. The aftermath of the RegisterFly meltdown is having a very tangible knockon effect, while .travel's "close call" has also opened up a whole range of questions that might not have been asked otherwise. So what would happen if a registry (not a registrar) were to fail? That's one of the questions that is currently being … [Read more...] about ICANN Getting Worried About Registries and Registrars?
Reactions to Oversee.net’s Acquisition of SnapNames
The acquistion of SnapNames has provoked some interest in the domain related blogspace. Michael Gilmour points to Frank Schilling, who brings a very different view to the deal and draws parallels with the traditional auction houses. Jay Westerdal follows up his original post with the email that I had mentioned the other day. Of course with all this talk of the SnapNames … [Read more...] about Reactions to Oversee.net’s Acquisition of SnapNames