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Irish Registrants Show Love for European Union

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I've been writing about the .eu ccTLD for well over a decade. While the extension's popularity in EU member states has ebbed and flowed over the years I don't recall ever noting a registration spike in Ireland. However EURid's Q1 report for 2019 is showing a notable spike in Ireland. Admittedly the spike is percentage based not absolute numbers, yet it's still an … [Read more...] about Irish Registrants Show Love for European Union

PIR Launch ORG Impact Awards

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PIR, the registry operator for .org, has launched "The .org Impact Awards". In common with other domain registry run awards the event focusses on sites and services that use the registry's domain extension - in this case .org. The timeline for the awards are as follows: May 20, 2019 Nominations OpenJune 28, 2019 Nominations CloseEarly July, 2019 Judging … [Read more...] about PIR Launch ORG Impact Awards

CENTR Publishes Q1 Report

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CENTR has published its Q1 2019 statistics report. The report covers domain statistics in both ccTLDs and gTLDs and the overall results aren't terribly positive. While there is light at the end of the tunnel some of the headline figures make for quite depressing reading: The median domain growth of all TLDs has hit a record low of 3.4% year on yearNew gTLDs have less than … [Read more...] about CENTR Publishes Q1 Report

Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry

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The .blog registry informed their registrars earlier today that they're switching their backend to Centralnic from Nominet (There's also a blog post that's public here). The change will probably take place in August, though an exact date hasn't been announced. Since prior to its launch the .blog registry has been using Nominet as their registry service provider. … [Read more...] about Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry

EURid Phasing Out Cyrillic.Latin Domains This Month

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EURid, the registry for .eu and .ею, will be removing Cyrillic domains that use the .eu (Latin) suffix at the end of this month. This isn't exactly "news", as EURid originally announced their intentions to sunset Cyrillic domains ending in the Latin suffix back in May 2016. As announced in May of 2016 and further reminded in June 2018, the Cyrillic domain name(s) with the … [Read more...] about EURid Phasing Out Cyrillic.Latin Domains This Month

TLDCON 2019 Chooses VIlnius

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The 2019 edition of TLDCON will take place later this year in Vilnius, Lithuania. The annual event is organised and hosted by the .ru ccTLD registry and has a firm focus on Central and Eastern European registrars and registries. This year's event is being held in the Grand Hotel Kempinski Vilnius on September 11th and 12th. While the event is free to attend registration … [Read more...] about TLDCON 2019 Chooses VIlnius

IE ccTLD to Offer New Dispute Resolution Service

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IEDR, which runs the .ie country code registry, has announced the upcoming launch of a new alternate dispute resolution service. The new service should be available from July of this year onwards. So what is it? It's designed to be a mechanism to resolve disputes surrounding .ie domain names without going to a full WIPO dispute. With the liberalisation of .ie domains … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD to Offer New Dispute Resolution Service

EURid Launch 2019 Web Awards

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EURid has launched the 2019 edition of their Web Awards. The awards have been running since 2014 and are 100% free to enter. Not only do the winners get to have a nice evening in Brussels, but they also get tangible assistance to raise the profile of their business (or not for profit). Each of the five winners will get: A customised video produced by EURid will be … [Read more...] about EURid Launch 2019 Web Awards

Namescon Europe Auction Submission Open

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NamesCon Europe will be held outside Lisbon, Portugal in June. They recently announced that submissions for the live auction are open. You can complete the form here to have your domain names considered for inclusion. The live auction will be held on the afternoon of June 20th during the event. As with previous NamesCon events the auction is being run by Monte Cahn's … [Read more...] about Namescon Europe Auction Submission Open