Domain Names
05 September 2010
The Story of How .CO Became a Commercial Success Huffington Post
The story of how Colombia's ccTLD .CO became a recent success is the focus of a report in The Huffington Post.
01 September 2010
Is ICANN Handling Too Many Policy Issues? ICANN Blog
Responding to a Domain Name Wire article on whether there is "policy overload" at ICANN and whether they are "handling too many policy efforts at once", David Olive responds on the ICANN Blog saying the answer with a definitive "no".
30 August 2010
White House Requests Domain Name Registrars Assist in Crackdown On Online Pharmacies Krebs On Security
The Obama administration has issued a request for domain name registrars to attend a meeting at the White House in late September to look at voluntary ways to crack down on online pharmacies that sell counterfeit prescription medications.
26 August 2010
The window of opportunity for ccTLDs by Jon Lawrence AusRegistry International
The announcement that .co has already achieved over 450,000 new registrations since the opening up of the second-level a month ago demonstrates that there is strong demand in the global domain name marketplace for quality new domain spaces.
Alexa Raad Resigns As President And CEO of .ORG/Public Interest Registry
In a shock announcement, the Board of Directors of .ORG the Public Interest Registry announced today that Alexa Raad, the President and Chief Executive Officer of PIR, has decided to resign from her positions with the company effective on September 24th, 2010. Her resignation concludes 3 1/2 years of service and leadership at PIR.
25 August 2010
Verizon Says Business Needs to Adopt IPv6 Network World
With IPv4 addresses running out rapidly, Verizon says businesses are better off adopting IPv6 sooner rather than later.
ICANN Publishes Draft Agreement on .XXX With 30 Day Comment Period
ICANN has published a revised proposed registry agreement with ICM, the controversial applicant for the .XXX Sponsored Top Level Domain (.XXX sTLD) as well as documentation submitted by ICM Registry in connection with the expedited due diligence conducted at the direction of the Board are being posting today for public comment. There is a 30 day public comment period that closes on 24 August.
20 August 2010
4m .NL Domains Means One Domain Registered for Every 4 Dutch People
As previously reported, the four millionth .NL domain name was registered this week. On reaching the four million mark, SIDN also announced they are the ccTLD with the highest number of registered domain names per person in the respective country with almost one domain name registered for every four of the 16.8 million residents of The Netherlands.
19 August 2010
Geographic and Specialty Names Dominate Proposed gTLDs
Over 100 proposals have been publicly announced for when ICANN begins taking applications for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) according to statistics compiled by Adrenaline TLD, themselves likely applicants for a number of sporting-related gTLDs such as .SKI, .BIKE and .SURF.
17 August 2010
Casino.com Expresses Interest in gTLD Application
Casino.com, an online gambling site, seems to be interested in applying for its own generic Top Level Domain assuming ICANN approves gTLDs and begins accepting applications.
13 August 2010
Domain Names as Second-Class Citizens by Milton Mueller Internet Governance Project blog
"A new book by Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis (Lecturer in Law at the University of Strathclyde) provides a passionate yet legalistic and well-researched overview of the legal, institutional and ethical problems caused by the clash between domain names and trademarks," writes Milton Mueller on the Internet Governance Project blog.
10 August 2010
FTC Halts Canadian/US Domain Registration Scam
The Federal Trade Commission has permanently halted the operations of Canadian con artists who allegedly posed as domain name registrars and convinced thousands of U.S. consumers, small businesses and non-profit organisations to pay bogus bills by leading them to believe they would lose their domain names unless they paid.
09 August 2010
No Surprises As Sedo Finds Domain Market Grows Steadily in Q2, 2010
Offer-Counteroffer sales are the most prominent type of sales, .COM is the most popular top level domain, .DE is the most popular country code domain while .FR domains have the highest average sale value are the highlights from over 11,000 domain names sold through the domain marketplace and monetisation provider, Sedo, according to their latest quarterly report.
07 August 2010
Chinese Domain Registrations Slip Even Further
The number of .CN domain name registrations have slipped by over one million in the two months to 30 June according to statistics published on the China Internet Network Information Center's (CNNIC) website this week.
04 August 2010
VeriSign Reports Now Over 100 million .COM & .NET Domains
In reporting its financial results for the second quarter ending 30 June, 2010, VeriSign announced that it ended the quarter with approximately 101.5 million active domain names in the adjusted zone for .com and .net.
30 July 2010
Nominet Celebrates .UK's 25th Birthday As Second Largest ccTLD
Nominet, the national registry for .UK domain names celebrates 25 years since the first .UK domain names were registered on Saturday 24 July 2010 by becoming the second largest country code Top Level Domain and fourth largest Top Level Domain. Since its inception in 1985, the .UK registry has witnessed the huge growth in the internet.
Global Internet Security Update Aims to Prevent Cybercrime
A critical upgrade to the internet's infrastructure that will help make it more secure has been made in what is described as an historic collaboration between ICANN, the US Department of Commerce and VeriSign. The upgrade is to the domain name system and aims to protect Internet users from certain forms of online fraud. The upgrade will eventually allow Internet users to know with certainty that they have been directed to the website they intended.
27 July 2010
Australian Registrar Bottle Domains Termination By auDA Confirmed By Court
auDA, the.AU policy and regulatory body, has terminated the registrar accreditation of Australian Style Pty Ltd, who trades as Bottle Domains, following a the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria dismissing Bottle Domains' appeal in proceedings against auDA on 23 July 2010.
21 July 2010
.CO Gets Even Hotter With 200,000 Registrations
Well, not quite 200,00 right now, but checking the .CO Internet website it shows that as of 08:45 British Summer Time there is 194,576 domain names registered. When subtracting the 39,000 or so domain names that were registered before registration was available to everyone, it means around 155,000 domain names have been registered within the first few hours.
20 July 2010
Overstock Buys O.CO for $350,000 in First Big Premium .CO Sale
Overstock.com announced it purchased the domain name O.CO from .CO Internet, the official .CO registry for $350,000. The new domain name is intended to enhance Overstock.com's brand recognition and retention, align with current marketing initiatives, and make it easier for shoppers to find the company's products and services online.
19 July 2010
ICANN to Convene Annual Asia Pacific Regional Registry/Registrar Event ICANN Blog
On 26-27 August 2010, ICANN and its gTLD registration services providers will meet in Tokyo, Japan, writes Craig Schwartz on the ICANN Blog. These regional events, the blog posting continues, have been convened by ICANN on an annual basis in the Asia/Pacific, Europe and North America since 2006 and are a chance for ICANN staff and representatives from gTLD registries and ICANN-accredited registrars to meet informally to discuss topics important to our industry and business relationships.
Internet domain riches fail to arrive in Tuvalu Independent on Sunday
The tiny South Pacific island state of Tuvalu, where the average income is little more than £12 a week, has taken on one of the giants of cyberspace by demanding a greater share of the lucrative earnings generated by its unique domain name suffix.
16 July 2010
.CO Open to All And Sundry on 20 July
.CO domain names become available to everyone on 20 July following the end of the landrush phase for registrations that ended on 16 July.
DNS Gains Added Security with Root Servers Signed With DNSSEC
The deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and internet security took a major step forward this week when the root zone was digitally signed for the first time. This marked the deployment of the DNSSEC at the top level of the DNS hierarchy and ushers the way forward for further roll-out of DNSSEC in the top level domains and DNS Service Providers.
10 July 2010
VeriSign Court Case Loss Could Shake Up Registry for .COM and .NET Domains
"VeriSign has suffered another legal setback in its antitrust court battle with the Coalition For ICANN Transparency, after an appeals court ruled that CFIT has a case to be heard," writes Kevin Murphy on his Domain Incite blog.
