Last week during the ICANN meeting in Barcelona I attended a short presentation from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Their mission is pretty simple: …eliminate child sexual abuse imagery online (source) Fortunately the presentation I was at did not include any of the actual material (which would have been illegal anyway) but even without seeing… Continue reading Internet Watch Foundation Uses Hashes to Block Child Abuse Material
Tag: Statistics
ICANN Releases Detailed Data on Panamá Meeting
ICANN’s public meetings are held 3 times a year and rotate geographically. Over the years the number of attendees has mushroomed, but some meetings are more popular than others. That can be due to a number of factors: location time of year topics being discussed So in the run-up to the IANA transition there was… Continue reading ICANN Releases Detailed Data on Panamá Meeting
RegistrarStats Going Dark
RegistrarStats has been around for years. It was one of the better sources of information about domain registry market share, trends and, of course, statistics on registrars. It was. It hasn’t been for quite some time. When the site was first made available most, if not all, of the data was available for free. If… Continue reading RegistrarStats Going Dark
CENTR Publish Quarterly Report
CENTR have just published their quarterly statistical report. Naturally the report is focussed more on European ccTLDs, but it contains plenty of data on domains at a global level. You can grab the full report here
Happy Birthday .uk!
2010 is the year that .com celebrates 25 years, but it’s also the year the .uk marks a quarter of a century. Over 25 years the .uk namespace has grown and grown to become one of the most widely used addresses on the internet outside of .com The growth pattern is quite interesting. During the… Continue reading Happy Birthday .uk!
DNS.be Release Figures Of Domain Usage
DNS.be, the registry operator for the .be namespace, has released figures on .be usage.According to the report, which was released earlier today, there are over 600 thousand websites using .be. In real terms this means that roughly 7 out of 10 .be domains is actively being used for websites. Of course, as the report points… Continue reading DNS.be Release Figures Of Domain Usage
IEDR Attempts Transparency
The IEDR, the body that is responsible for .ie domains (Ireland), is currently consulting with its resellers about introducing a greater level of transparency. At the moment there is very little transparency with respect to the sales rank of the various companies that offer .ie domain registration services. The IEDR’s own newsletter refers to the… Continue reading IEDR Attempts Transparency
Belgian Registry Reports Strong Growth
DNS.be, who run the Belgian (.be) registry have announced their figures and report for 2008. Unlike some registries that focus purely on number, the Belgian registry has done some analysis on the type of registrant. Some of the results are not surprising. Most .be domains are registered to Belgians (over 70%). 69% are registered by… Continue reading Belgian Registry Reports Strong Growth
IEDR Releases More Hyped Statistics
The IEDR has obviously released some form of press release in the last few days to put a spin on its latest figures. Of course the press release isn’t on the registry’s website nor has it been sent to stakeholders yet again, though I was able to get my hands on a copy of it… Continue reading IEDR Releases More Hyped Statistics
New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
John McCormac has been collecting and processing statistics on domain registrations and hosting for as long as I can remember. He is probably best known for Hackwatch and WhoisIreland, which produces monthly reports for the Irish hosting and domain industry. John’s latest project has been in development for several months and offers an alternative to… Continue reading New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched