IEDR have published their latest annual report which covers the period up to the end of 2012.Here's a few of the highlights:Renewal rate of 86% Total .ie domains at year-end of 182,284, up 5.3% year-on-year New .ie domain registrations down 15% on 2011By way of comparison the .no domain registry (Norway) currently has 588999 domains registered.In terms of … [Read more...] about IEDR Publish 2012 Domain Figures
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XXX General Availability Starts Today
XXX will "go live" later this afternoon.How many domains will be registered by Christmas?Will they break the 1 million mark?Irish registrar Blacknight, which I founded and own, put out the following release earlier today, so this post is a self-promotion :)Blacknight Announce General Availability Launch of .XXXIrish registrar and hosting company Blacknight … [Read more...] about XXX General Availability Starts Today
McAfee Report Not Good For IE ccTLD
Anti-virus vendor McAfee have released their second report on Malware (pdf) which tracks incidences of malware on a TLD basis.The previous report, which received a lot of press coverage, was very favourable for several ccTLDs, including .ie (Ireland).This time round the Irish ccTLD may not be listed in the "dangerous" list, but the threat levels have practically doubled! This … [Read more...] about McAfee Report Not Good For IE ccTLD