It's not every day that you get an offer to run a domain registry for a day, but that's exactly what Nominet are doing.It's all in aid of charity!Basically you get to bid on swapping jobs for the day with their senior management:Lesley CowleyEmily TaylorJay DaleyEllie BradleyBarbara BellisThe auction started at 9am today and runs until Friday, so get bidding.Further details … [Read more...] about Run a Registry For the day!
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Nominet Polling Registrars On Tools
Nominet is currently conducting a web based survey of its registrars to see what preference people have for web-based tools to manage their domains. … [Read more...] about Nominet Polling Registrars On Tools
China Leaps Ahead – EU Loses Ground
Verisign's latest domain report makes for interesting reading.The Chinese domain registry launched an aggressive price promotion at the beginning of the year and has seen in excess of 6 million names registered so far. Of course this could be similar to the .be promotion and the level of renewals is the thing to watch out for. Coming as it does at the dawn of .asia you'd have … [Read more...] about China Leaps Ahead – EU Loses Ground
Nominet Considering Dropping Mailing Lists in Favour of Forums
Nominet currently has a number of mailing lists which are open to members. Some of the lists are for announcements, others for technical matters and others for policy.In the last couple of days Nominet members and list members have been asked to express a preference for future communication, as some people it would seem are in favour of forums over mailing lists.Personally I … [Read more...] about Nominet Considering Dropping Mailing Lists in Favour of Forums