Earlier this week French supermarket giant E.Leclerc launched a new site for their sports' goods. The key change? The new site lives at sport.leclerc. Leclerc, which employs over 94 thousand people, is one of the companies that opted to get its own "dotbrand". While some companies have rolled out a variety of different things on their own domain extension it's still rare to see … [Read more...] about French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
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The .Quebec Registry Celebrates One Year
Like other businesses, new TLD registries like to celebrate milestones. In the case of .quebec they are currently celebrating their 1st year in business, or as they like to put it, their first birthday:As .quebec is aimed at the French speaking community of Quebec they do most of their marketing and outreach in French, so choosing to launch the … [Read more...] about The .Quebec Registry Celebrates One Year
French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie
The French ccTLD registry, AFNIC, has, in common with many other French organisations, come out strong in the aftermath of the attack earlier this week on Charlie Hebdo.Their front page currently displays the current image:and on their English language site they've provided a translated version:But what's a lot more interesting for DNS geeks is that they've … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie
CIRA Goes Large on Marketing And PR For Launch of French Language IDN
CIRA, the registry operator for the Canadian ccTLD .ca, is raising its profile at the moment.They've taken over the frontpage of La Presse today, though it's not viewable form outside Canada:Why are they doing this?Very simply it's all related back to the launch of IDNs in .ca in order to support French language characters. It is now possible for French .CA … [Read more...] about CIRA Goes Large on Marketing And PR For Launch of French Language IDN
ICANN Inter Registrar Transfer Policy Comment Period Opens – In More Than One Language
ICANN has opened a public comment period on the "Inter Registrar Transfer Policy" (IRTP)You can read more about the announcement hereWhat makes this comment period a bit different is that the request for comments has been published in the 6 UN languages ie. English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Russian. … [Read more...] about ICANN Inter Registrar Transfer Policy Comment Period Opens – In More Than One Language