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GoDaddy Dumps NASCAR From Marketing Mix

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GoDaddy's marketing has evolved over the last couple of years. In the process of the evolution we've seen them switch their messaging around quite a bit and try to dump their "old image". A new casualty of this shift is NASCAR. For years the hosting and domain company was associated with the motor sport and its spokesperson Danica Patrick was also a well known and relatively … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Dumps NASCAR From Marketing Mix

Governments Send Yet Another Salvo Across ICANN’s Bows

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The relationship between ICANN and the governments of the world could be best described as "interesting". Or one could be slightly more explicit and call it "tense". While at an individual level many governments hold different views of how ICANN should be managing the roll out of the new top level domains (new TLDs), when the group as a whole speaks there is often both a … [Read more...] about Governments Send Yet Another Salvo Across ICANN’s Bows

DotCat Fastest Growing TLD in Spain

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The .cat registry has released some figures for domain growth in Spain during 2014 and .cat has emerged as the overall winner. The data is based on research conducted by the .es registry oddly enough! El .cat és el domini que més va créixer al conjunt de l’Estat espanyol durant el 2014, amb un increment del 17% en el número de dominis actius. El citat increment contrasta … [Read more...] about DotCat Fastest Growing TLD in Spain

IEDR’s New OPTIMISE Video

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IEDR have published a new video to promote the launch of the 2015 OPTIMISE "fund". Essentially they'll fund website development and online marketing assistance / consultation for several Irish small businesses. However it is not a "fund" in the traditional sense, as there is no actual cash. IEDR have a number of vendors they work with and it is those vendors who will provide … [Read more...] about IEDR’s New OPTIMISE Video

Australian ccTLD Opens Consultation On Direct Registrations

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Over the past couple of years several ccTLDs have revised their policies to allow registrations at the top level. Now auDA (.au Domain Administration) has opened a consultation process on this question as well. The background material for the consultation process includes a paper prepared by the Names Policy Panel which looks at the history and structure of the .au … [Read more...] about Australian ccTLD Opens Consultation On Direct Registrations

USTLD Stakeholder Council Organise “Town Hall”

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The .us ccTLD, which is run by Neustar under contract to the US government recently established a Stakeholder Council. The Council's role is to help provide guidance and input to the registry on how to run the namespace. (Disclosure: I'm one of the members) As one of the council's activities is to garner input from the broader stakeholder community it has been decided … [Read more...] about USTLD Stakeholder Council Organise “Town Hall”

CENTR Members Pass 70 Million Domains Milestone

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CENTR, which is the association for European ccTLDs, has announced that its members, which are all country code top level domain registries, have surpassed the 70 million domains mark. The number of registrations comes from 57 ccTLDs and IDN ccTLDs in 49 countries. They've produced a graphic to illustrate the milestone: More details on the CENTR site.   … [Read more...] about CENTR Members Pass 70 Million Domains Milestone

Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon

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ICANN opened nominations for the 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award back in December. Nominations close on March 2nd 2015. It's an interesting idea to provide recognition for people who spend a lot of their days (and nights) working on Internet Governance matters: The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in … [Read more...] about Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon