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S4C, The National Assembly of Wales and others Back .Wales & .Cymru

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Getting "anchor tenants" for a new top level domain can be a challenge. However, in the case of .wales & .cymru it looks like the strings have hit a chord, if you'll excuse the pun. Last month during the opening ceremony of the ICANN meeting in London it was announced that the Welsh government would be switching over to the new extensions. Today comes the announcement … [Read more...] about S4C, The National Assembly of Wales and others Back .Wales & .Cymru

DotEU By The Numbers

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The guys over at EUrid released a nice graphic that gives a summary of key data related to .eu in 2013: At the recent ICANN meeting in London EUrid was firmly focussed on highlighting European businesses that actively use .eu for their websites.     Related articles EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years (internetnews.me) Win €5k To Promote Your … [Read more...] about DotEU By The Numbers

DotHost Launch Pioneer Program

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Radix, who have applied for several domain extensions, announced today the launch of the .host pioneer program. The .host domain is pretty self-explanatory and is aimed at companies operating in the hosting sector. They've been doing quite a bit of targeted marketing over the last year with them exhibiting at industry events worldwide such as HostingCon and World Hosting … [Read more...] about DotHost Launch Pioneer Program

XYZ’s Launch Day Video

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A LOT of the domain name bloggers have been talking about the launch of .xyz over the last few days. Prior to the launch Daniel Negari posted an article on his blog, which of course uses a .xyz domain, and was very optimistic about how the TLD would fare. I don't know Daniel Negari personally, although we have met a couple of times over the last couple of years. What I … [Read more...] about XYZ’s Launch Day Video

ICANN’s Registrar Extranet Taken Offline Due to Security Issues

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ICANN  announced late last night that they had taken RADAR, which is essentially an extranet for registrars, offline due to security issues. Here's the official announcement: ICANN has taken its registrar contact information database (RADAR) offline temporarily. This action was taken as a precautionary measure after it was learned that an unauthorized party viewed data … [Read more...] about ICANN’s Registrar Extranet Taken Offline Due to Security Issues

Norwegian ccTLD To Open Up To Private Individuals

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Norid, the ccTLD registry of Norway, has announced that they will be changing their policies in order to allow private individuals to register .no domain names. The changes come after the registry conducted a public consultation earlier this year. The new policy will come into effect on June 17th 2014 at 10 am local time. Interestingly the registry will not be offering any … [Read more...] about Norwegian ccTLD To Open Up To Private Individuals

(Dot)Joburg Explained

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As others have noted, the launch plans and policies of "geo" and "city" new TLDs vary quite a bit. Some will be heavily restricted and require "presence" in the region or city, while others are going to be fully "open". Neil Dundas, who is involved with the .joburg registry as well as that of .africa, posted this deck earlier today which explains their launch … [Read more...] about (Dot)Joburg Explained