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Who Is Using Domains and How?

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So what happens to a domain after it is registered? Where does it end up? Who uses it? How do they use it? These aren't trivial questions, as they provide very clear indicators of how an entire namespace is growing or dying .. If a a TLD isn't used actively then it will die. And with so many new TLDs to choose from there are going to be some that simply do not succeed. So … [Read more...] about Who Is Using Domains and How?

Nominet Launch Pilot Of Security Service

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Nominet, the UK domain registry, have announced a pilot of their new "cyber security" service aimed at small business. The new service which is being marketed under the moniker of "Nominet Cyber Assist". The service was first announced back in February. It's not clear if Nominet intend to charge for the service once the 3 month trial period ends. It's also not very … [Read more...] about Nominet Launch Pilot Of Security Service

High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA

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Under the terms of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement registrars are obliged to conduct email verification both on new domain registrations and if there are any changes made to a domain's registration details. For those of us in the industry we suspected and feared that the changes could and would lead to issues and headaches. And it looks like it's already happened … [Read more...] about High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA

Nominet Delegates First Batch of Reserved .uk Domains

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While Nominet won't officially be launching "direct UK" until next year they've already started delegating some of the domains. Apparently 69 names were requested by the UK government and the first of these were delegated recently: Nominet has delegated the new second-level .uk domain names royal.uk, princeofwales.uk, supremecourt.uk and jcpc.uk to the Royal Household, the … [Read more...] about Nominet Delegates First Batch of Reserved .uk Domains

New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees

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The Domain Name Association, which we mentioned in the past, has announced its membership fees According to a slide deck published on the organisation's site the membership fees range from $1000 / year to $50 thousand / year. The membership tiers are: Executive Member - $50 thousand / year Strategic Member - $20 thousand / year Supporting Member - $5 thousand / … [Read more...] about New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees

Latin American Countries Reject .Amazon & .Patagonia

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While the ICANN 46 meeting in Beijing was warming up on the other side of the globe the "Cuarta Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe" (4th ministerial conference on information society of Latin America and Caribbean) was taking place in Montevideo. The "Montevideo Declaration" (PDF) runs to 4 pages, but there's an … [Read more...] about Latin American Countries Reject .Amazon & .Patagonia

EU Registry Reports Strong Growth And High Renewal Rates

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Eurid, the registry for the .eu domain name, has released their quarterly results today. The registry's performance over the last quarter has been strong with registration rates up 7.6% compared to the same period last year. Renewal rates are also doing very well, with a rate of 85% being reported. As in previous reports, the growth in .eu domain registration is … [Read more...] about EU Registry Reports Strong Growth And High Renewal Rates

Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name

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I guess this was inevitable. There are a bunch of domain and internet related companies out there that have totally forgettable and unoriginal names. At some point there's going to be confusion between two or more of them. But you'd also think that any sane company would do a small bit of due diligence to avoid these kind of conflicts when registering a limited company … [Read more...] about Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name