Tag Archives: ccTLD

Fri 28th February 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
Los dominios ".com.ar" costarán 160 pesos - Los dominios de nivel superior con código de país (ccTLD) argentinos, es decir, los que llevan el sufijo “.ar”, serán arancelados. Así lo indica la resolución 80/2013, publicada en el Boletín Oficial, que establece el precio de un dominio “.com.ar” en 160 pesos anuales por registro o renovación. La misma tarifa aplica a los “.net.ar”, “tur.ar” y “org.ar”; en tanto que los nombres de dominio “int.ar”, ... read more ...
Wed 26th February 2014
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.Ar Domains (Argentina) Go From Being Free To Around $25 A Year On March 5th - According to the Buenosairesherald.com, .Ar domain names, which is the Country Code (ccTLD) for Argentina will go from being free to costing  “less than” 200 Argentina Pesos ($25.42 based on today’s official exchange rate) a year starting on March 5th. The change from free to less than 200 pesos applies to new registrations and any renewals of .Ar domain names starting on March 5th. The national director of the internet domain registries Gabriel Brenta is quoted by the Herald as saying “What ... read more ...
 
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.Ar Domains (Argentina) Go From Being Free To Around $25 A Year On Mar 5th - According to the Buenosairesherald.com, .Ar domain names, which is the Country Code (ccTLD) for Argentina will go from being free to costing  “less than” 200 Argentina Pesos ($25.42 based on today’s official exchange rate) a year starting on March 5th. The change from free to less than 200 pesos applies to new registrations and any renewals of .Ar domain names starting on March 5th. The national director of the internet domain registries Gabriel Brenta is quoted by the Herald as saying “What ... read more ...
Tue 25th February 2014
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Another Area Where TPP Will Cause Problems: Internet Domain Names - Sorry, to expand/simplify on my previous comment.1. where ccTLD's are state run/sponsored they are already subject to horse trading. so what does TPP change on this front?2. if there is a dispute resolution process (which i assume no one is against having) then shouldn't there be remedies? if not, what is the point of a dispute resolution process? the second part just requires remedies/penalties if the thing that caused the dispute ... read more ...
 
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ASEOHosting Clarifies IP Geolocation and ccTLD Impact On International SEO - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   February 24, 2014 -- Hudson, FL (PRWEB) February 24, 2014 ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has commented on the confusion surrounding the optimal use of IP addresses for search engine ranking in specific geographic areas. Many business web masters and SEOs do not have a clear idea of the best strategy to ensure that market-specific sites ... read more ...
Mon 24th February 2014
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ASEOHosting Clarifies IP Geolocation and ccTLD Impact On International SEO - Hudson, FL – ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has commented on the confusion surrounding the optimal use of IP addresses for search engine ranking in specific geographic areas. Many business web masters and SEOs do not have a clear idea of the best strategy to ensure that market-specific sites have the greatest chance of ranking well in the regions they target. Google employs over 200 signals to determine relevance, authority, and quality of content. Among the signals ... read more ...
Thu 20th February 2014
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ANRT : Nouvelle plateforme de gestion du domaine «.ma» - L’ANRT est chargée par la loi 29-06, modifiant et complétant la loi 24-96 relative à la poste et aux télécommunications, de gérer les noms de domaine Internet «.ma».   Aussi, dans le cadre de la création de nouvelles extensions de pays (ccTLD : Country Code Top Level Domain) en caractères non latins (arabe, chinois, russe…), l’ICANN a approuvé la demande de délégation présentée par l’ANRT pour la gestion du ccTLD arabe «المغرب.». La ... read more ...
 
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Gestion des noms de domaine en caractères arabes : L’ANRT a eu … - alm maroc economie C’est officiel ! L’Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications (ANRT) gèrera les noms de domaine «.». En effet, dans le cadre de la création de nouvelles extensions de pays. Aujourdhui.ma | 20-02-2014 à 12:01:39 Par Dounia Mounadi C’est officiel ! L’Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications (ANRT) gèrera les noms de domaine «.». En effet, dans le cadre de la création de nouvelles extensions de ... read more ...
 
Wed 19th February 2014
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Internet, des extensions de noms de domaine en caractères arabes … - Dès le quatrième trimestre de cette année, vous pourrez obtenir un nom de domaine avec l’extension .المغرب en caractères arabes. L’ANRT vient de désigner Maroc Telecom pour la gestion de la nouvelle plateforme de toutes les extensions marocaines.   Dans le cadre de la création de nouvelles extensions de pays (ccTLD : Country Code Top Level Domain) en caractères non latins (arabe, chinois, russe…), l’ICANN a approuvé la demande de délégation présentée par l’ANRT ... read more ...
Tue 18th February 2014
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Where Policy Fora Collide: Country-Code Top-Level Domains And The TPP - By Susan Chalmers [Note: this article originally appeared on Susan Chalmers' blog, here.] To those familiar with the United States’ approach to intellectual property rights (“IP”) and trade policy, it will come as no surprise that the US is pressing other countries to give IP owners more in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”), that is, more powerful economic rights and more power to enforce them. Some, however, may be surprised by one way in which the United States Trade ... read more ...
Wed 5th February 2014
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Number of .es domains registered in Spain grows 5.1% in 2013 - Wednesday 5 February 2014 | 16:02 CET | News The number of domain names registered under the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Spain, .es, increased by 5.1 percent and accounted for nearly 50 percent of all internet domains registered last year, according to Spain's internet development agency Red.es. The total number of .es domain name registrations ... read more ...
Thu 30th January 2014
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SHorter .UK Domains Are Launching On Jun 10th - Nominet announced that shorter .UK domains are going to become available on the 10th June 2014.   Nominet says: “We are proud to announce the upcoming launch of .uk – out on its own for the first time A shorter, sharper domain name which puts the emphasis firmly on your website name – exactly where it should be.” One of the most important aspects of the dotUK launch is that .co.uk domain owners will have first refusal when securing their respective .UK domain! “So if you have a unique ... read more ...
 
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ASEOHosting Introduces Many New Country-Code Top Level Domains - ASEOHosting Introduces Many New Country-Code Top Level Domains Details WhaTech Channel: Hosting Published: Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:06 Submitted by Jennifer Germano Press Release from: ASEOHosting Read: 75 times ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has announced the availability of several new country-code ... read more ...
 
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ASEOHosting Introduces Many New Country-Code Top Level Domains - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   January 29, 2014 -- Hudson, FL (PRWEB) January 29, 2014 ASEOHosting, a provider of premium multiple IP hosting, has announced the availability of several new country-code top-level domains to its clients. The new ccTLDs will be an invaluable addition for webmasters seeking to increase their exposure in international markets ... read more ...
Wed 29th January 2014
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TESPOK warns against commercialised .ke - INTERNETBy BiztechAfrica - Jan. 29, 2014, 8:05 p.m.By Semaj Itosno, Nairobi, KenyaPlayers in the telecommunications service industry are raising concerns over Kenya's proposal to change management of Kenya Network Information Centre (Kenic), the .ke domain manager.The .ke domain registry has two guarantor shareholders, the industry lobby group Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) and Communications Authority of Kenya (formerly CCK).CAK has already delinked itself from ... read more ...
Tue 28th January 2014
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Scotland To Get Its Own ‘.scot’ Top-Level Domain Name - Scotland is set to get its own country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD), after the non-profit Dot Scot Registry (DSR) agreed a deal with the US-based International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). As early as July, businesses and individuals will be able to register character strings ending in ‘.scot’ as their website and email addresses having previously had no choice but to use ‘.co.uk’ or ‘.com’. “The .scot domain is long overdue in this digital age, and the worldwide ... read more ...
Tue 14th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
“In a face of confusion, people will default to something they trust and understand” - George Pongas is the general manager for Aus Registry, AusRegistry is the current registry operator and wholesale provider for all commercial .au (Australia) domain names including .com.au and .net.au, and non commercial domain names .gov.au and edu.au. He recently posted something on the Aus Registry website with regards to 2013 being a good year for .au domains. He makes mention of the new gtlds at the end of his post and shares the sentiment of many readers here and in the industry as a whole. ... read more ...
Mon 13th January 2014
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.CN Landrush exceeds 50 Million Yuan - NiceNic.net out with another interesting piece of news, the .CN Landrush auctions of previous reserved domains has generated over 50 Million Yuan/RMB.  That equates to over $8.2 million They posted today: As of Jan 12th, 2014, the open auction of previously-reserved .CN domain names by CNNIC entered into heating-up period, and the total price of recent auctions already exceeded 50 million yuan/cny/rmb, of which GAME.CN, GW.CN, LB.CN, CM.CN stood out with final biddings surpassing million. The whole ... read more ...
Tue 7th January 2014
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Domain Name Game.Cn Sells For a Record $511,000 - According to nicenic.net,the domain name Game.CN sold for $511,972.38. .Cn is the ccTLD for China. According to the story, the domain was a previously reserved .CN domain name Game.CN which was in a public auction, which ended in bidding 3.098 million cny,” with intensive competition of 686 bids in the last hour”. “”That Game.cn broke three million refreshed .CN open bidding history, also won the big honor of most expensive .CN domain name in 2013 But why can Game.CN get so popular? It’s ... read more ...
Fri 20th December 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in IT and tagged
Il 2013 dal punto di vista dei domini internet - Jerome Sicard, regional manager di MarkMonitor per il Sud Europa, ci racconta l’anno che sta per finire attraverso gli avvenimenti più importanti nel mondo dei domini internet Pubblicato dicembre 19, 2013 Ci avviciniamo all’anno nuovo ed è arrivato il momento di tirare le ... read more ...
Thu 19th December 2013
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Google: Your Various ccTLDs Will Probably Be Fine From The Same IP Address - [ Search] Ever wondered if Google would mind if you had multiple ccTLD sites hosted from a single IP address? If you’re afraid they might not take kindly to that, you’re in for some good news. It’s not really that big a deal. Google’s Matt Cutts may have just saved you some time and money with this one. He takes on the following submitted question in the latest Webmaster Help video: For one customer we have about a dozen individual websites for different countries and languages, ... read more ...
 
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Indonesia will hurl out shorter .id Domains Next Year - TechInAsia.com reported that the country code for Indonesia will be getting shorter. From the article: Next year, Indonesians will have to get used to a brand-new ending to web addresses that sounds really short and sweet. It’ll be ‘.id’. The new domain ending will go on sale as early as January 20. The domain name was approved a couple days ago by the highest internet domain name authority in Indonesia, the Forum Nama Domain Indonesia. As with all new domain endings, the sale of ‘.id’ ... read more ...
 
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Google’s Matt Cutts: Ideally ccTLDs Should Have IP In Country - This is probably a topic we've covered a dozen times here but it is always nice to have an official video from Matt Cutts on the topic.Matt said, in an "ideal world" it would be "wonderful" for each ccTLD to have an IP address based in the country of the ccTLD. But Google knows it is expensive and can be confusing to set up and thus says it is not necessary. Google uses the ccTLD component as a "strong indicator" for geo-targeting the domain name and web site. And of course, you can set ... read more ...
Wed 18th December 2013
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Is .Quebec The Motivation For The UDRP on Quebec.com? - “Ils aurraient du choisir le .Qc pourquoi avoir choisi le .ca aulieu du .Canada? Ici au quebec on aimerais avoir le .Qc” The Google translation (provided above) does not do this comment justice. _____ I think the general point of this comment is that this UDRP filing would be moot if Quebec (like other national ‘quasi-national’ geographical regions) was allowed to control the .qc ccTLD (which this individual is in favour of). The example of Canada is ... read more ...