Tag: Country code top-level domain

Cctld Conference In Budva

The 5th International Conference for ccTLD registries and registrars of CIS, Central and Eastern Europe is being held in Budva, Montenegro this week. The event runs over two days and will feature speakers from several cctlds, ICANN and other experts in the area of domains. The full agenda is here. Related articles Yet Another Trip… Continue reading Cctld Conference In Budva

Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name

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… Continue reading Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name

CENTR Publish DomainWire Stat Report Focussing On Country Code Domains

  CENTR (Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries) have published “DomainWire Stat Report” which gives a pretty good overview of internet and domain name statistics in Europe (and internationally) Some headline figures: approximately 40% of domains are ccTLDs .com dominates gTLDs with approximately 75% of the market The top 20 ccTLDs account for… Continue reading CENTR Publish DomainWire Stat Report Focussing On Country Code Domains

Chilean Domain Registry Expands DNS Infrastructure

The Chilean ccTLD has expanded its DNS infrastructure with the addition of three new nameservers in London, Amsterdam and Tokyo. The registry has been expanding its external DNS infrastructure over the last couple of years and now has DNS in multiple locations across the globe: Further details on their site

.Be Registry Offering Registrants Certificates

DNS.be, the organisation that runs the .be registry, recently upgraded their software backend to add some new features. While most upgrades usually only impact registrars, the latest update includes an interesting new feature for registrants – registration certificates. While this isn’t a completely novel idea (a number of other ccTLDs offer it) it’s a nice… Continue reading .Be Registry Offering Registrants Certificates

UK Domain Names Now Available For 1 to 10 Year Registration and Renewal

Nominet turned on multi-year registrations and renewals today, so now UK domain names can be registered or renewed for periods from 1 to 10 years. With this move Nominet brings itself into line with gTLDs and a lot of other ccTLDs, where the 1 to 10 year registration period has been available for some time.… Continue reading UK Domain Names Now Available For 1 to 10 Year Registration and Renewal

UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations

The UK registry, Nominet, recently hit the 10 million domain mark and to mark the event they’re running a prize draw. If you’re a UK resident and you register OR renew a UK domain between now and April 26th you’ll be entered into the daily draw for an iPad. Full details and terms and conditions… Continue reading UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations

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