Yesterday Nominet announced who would be members of the newly formed ".UK Registry Advisory Council".The Council was announced several months ago, but the actual selection process for members only concluded last week.Unlike with the Board elections where all members vote to select one or more representatives from across the entire Nominet membership, the UKRAC's … [Read more...] about Nominet Announces Newly Formed Advisory Council
ccTLDs
Chilean Country Code Domains Breaks 700k Mark
The .cl domain name registry for Chile recently hit a milestone. There are now over 700 thousand .cl domain names registered. (At time of writing 700338).According to a release from the registry, the milestone was reached on 11th March 2021.The .cl domain name has been around since 1987. They've been tracking and publishing stats on their registrations from the … [Read more...] about Chilean Country Code Domains Breaks 700k Mark
Nominet Under Fire (Again)
Nominet is coming under fire again.A group of Nominet critics, headed by Krystal hosting's Simon Blackler are mounting a campaign to oust members of Nominet's board including the CEO.The campaign purports to be focussed on the "public benefit" aspect of Nominet and is using the domain PublicBenefit.uk to lay out its goals and collect support from Nominet members for … [Read more...] about Nominet Under Fire (Again)
EURid Q1 Results Show Growth
EURid, who operate the .eu ccTLD domain registry, have released their Q1 2020 report.The report covers the period up until the end of March 2020 (obviously), so it does not show the full impact of COVID-19 on domain registrations or renewals. The report for Q2 should make for interesting reading!So what does the report show for Q1?Registrations are up 15% compared … [Read more...] about EURid Q1 Results Show Growth
Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
I love data and when it's easy to consume I love it even more.Nominet have been producing a world map with a slight difference for the last few years. Their map displays the countries with their size related to the number of domains in their ccTLD. What that means is that countries that in reality are quite small end up appearing to be quite big, while some quite large … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
IE ccTLD Publishes 2019 Digital Health Index
IEDR, which is the company that runs the .ie ccTLD for Ireland, has published the 2019 version of their "Digital Health Index".The report, in simple terms, looks at how Irish small businesses view and use "digital". That covers things like whether they have a website, if they sell online or if they have active social media accounts.The full report (PDF), which runs to … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD Publishes 2019 Digital Health Index
New Zealand ccTLD Launches Tender for Registry Backend
The .nz domain name registry is exploring options with regards to replacing their backend registry systems. To that end they've launched an "expressions of interest" process.The timeline is laid out below:EventDate and timeIssuance of the request for expressions of interest23 October 2019Briefing opportunities at ICANN66, Montreal2 to 7 November 2019Briefing … [Read more...] about New Zealand ccTLD Launches Tender for Registry Backend
.US 2019 Town Hall
The .us ccTLD will be holding a "town hall" this week.It's an online webinar which will start at 11am Eastern (4pm Irish time) which will be run byDustin Phillips — Host, Chair .US Stakeholder CouncilCrystal Peterson — Director, Registry Services NeustarKristin Johnson — Council Secretariat, Director of Registry Global Marketing and BrandNeustar, which runs the .us … [Read more...] about .US 2019 Town Hall
New Zealand’s ccTLD Release Q1 Snapshot Report
While pretty much every registry operator out there will put out a full annual report at some point there are a few who also release a variety of shorter reports over the course of the year. In the case of .nz, the country code for New Zealand, they've started publishing short snapshot reports on a quarterly basis.There's some interesting insights in the report:710982 … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s ccTLD Release Q1 Snapshot Report
DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%
DNS Belgium, which runs both the .be ccTLD as well as the new TLDs .brussels and .vlaanderen, has published their annual report. Unlike most of the other domain name registries DNS Belgium have opted to take a much more interactive approach, so you can play around with the data and interact with it over on the report site.The trend of recent years was confirmed in 2018. We … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%