Tag Archives: ccTLD

Fri 20th February 2015
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SIDN releases 2014 growth rate figures for ‘.nl’ domain names -

SIDN, a country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) registry obliged for ‘.nl’, a ccTLD for a Netherlands, has announced that it had seen increasing expansion in 2014, with 5,531,186 domain names underneath government during a finish of a year. This represented an boost of 2.7% compared to a total from 2013.

During 2014, scarcely 900,000 new ‘.nl’ domain names were…

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Coca-Cola Puts Smiley Face Emojis Into Web Address Using .WS Domains -   Ad week is reporting that Coca-Cola Puerto Rico that puts smiley-face emojis right in the brand’s web addresses. The brand registered URLs for every emoji that conveys happiness. Entering any of these happy icons into a mobile web browser, along with the .ws suffix, leads users to Coca-­Cola Puerto Rico’s website. Ad Week goes on to say: Why .ws, which is actually the domain suffix for Samoa? “Emojis are not accepted on domains such as .com, .net, and .org,” DDB Puerto ... read more ...
Wed 18th February 2015
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Wysokie ceny odnowień spowalniają rozwój domeny .pl - NASK, instytucja zarządzająca końcówką .pl, opublikował raport podsumowujący wyniki tej domeny w ostatnim kwartale. Niestety na tle innych rozszerzeń krajowych polska domena wypada blado. Głównie za sprawą wysokich cen odnowień.Na początku tygodnia na stronie DNS.pl pojawił się raport Naukowej i Akademickiej Sieci Komputerowej podsumowujący wyniki końcówki .pl za ostatni kwartał 2014 r. Cykliczne opracowania NASK przyzwyczaiły nas do niewielkich oczekiwań dotyczących rozwoju ... read more ...
 
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Domena .pl z niższą dynamiką wzrostu - NASK, czyli Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa, to instytucja zarządzająca domeną .pl. Raz na trzy miesiące publikuje ona raport stanowiący podsumowanie jej działalności i wyników polskiej końcówki krajowej w minionym kwartale. Ostatnie takie opracowanie ukazało się 16 lutego i dotyczyło okresu od października do grudnia 2014 r. Czego możemy dowiedzieć się z raportu NASK? Wyniki polskiej końcówki Podstawowa informacja dotyczy liczby adresów (nazw) utrzymywanych w domenie ... read more ...
Fri 13th February 2015
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Sedo Publishes Its Biggest Public Sales Of 2014 - Sedo just sent out an press release announcing its Top 10 Highest Domain Name Sales in 2014 that were not under privacy Leading the list is mm.com, which closed at $1.2 million True.com was the second highest sale at $350,000. On the ccTLDs front kaffee.de (“coffee” in German) led the way selling for €100,000 which was just €1 short of the 2nd 3rd highest selling ccTLD’s chat.fr and musik.de (“music” in German). which both sold for €99.999 These were the highest public domain ... read more ...
 
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Court rules that ccTLDs are not attachable property -

In Jul 2014 a Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit organization handling a tellurian domain name system, filed motions to stifle with a District Court for a District of Columbia in a context of several sovereign justice judgments performed opposite a Iranian, Syrian and North Korean governments by a victims of militant attacks.  

The…

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Fri 6th February 2015
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Domain Name Association Survey Reveals Strong Interest in New Domain … - February 6th, 2015 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) – The Domain Name Association (DNA) has announced the results of a recent global survey to ascertain Internet users’ attitudes toward new Internet domain-name extensions, such as “.club” and “.global,” that are being released through ICANN’s ... read more ...
Tue 27th January 2015
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¿Cuáles son los dominios argentinos de Internet más caros? - Sedo, el mercado de dominios y proveedor de monetización más grande del mundo, anunció su lista de 2014 de las principales ventas de dominios públicos del año. Encabeza la lista mm.com, que cerró el año con 1,2 millones de dólares, tras arrebatar el lugar más alto del podio a true.com con 350.000 dólares. En la lista de este año también también crecieron los ccTLD, entre ellos kaffee.de con 100.000 euros ("café" en alemán), chat.fr con 99.999 euros ("gato" en francés) y musik.de ... read more ...
Mon 26th January 2015
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Over half of domains registered in Spain in 2014 were .es - Monday 26 January 2015 | 15:15 CET | News The number of domain names registered under the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Spain, .es, increased by 3.46 percent in 2014 and for the first time accounted for over half of all internet domains registered in the country, according to internet development agency Red.es. The total number of .es domain name registrations in 2014 reached 1,755,224, compared to the 1,696,538 registered the previous ... read more ...
 
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APC’s .ng Domain Name, Website is Active, Says NIRA - By Emma Okonji The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the registry for .ng domain names, which maintains the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), has maintained that the website of All Progressives Congress (APC), was never shutdown for any reason. NIRA said the party's website, which was registered since February 7, 2013, under the internet domain name, www.apc.com.ng, was not shutdown by NIRA, and reiterated that the website is still ... read more ...
Thu 15th January 2015
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Top Trends That Impacted VeriSign’s Performance in 2014 - VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) is the authoritative registry service provider for all .com and .net gTLDs (Generic Top-Level Domains), as well as the sole registry service provider for gTLDs like .cc, .tv, .gov, .jobs, .edu and .name. It is the leader in the Domain Name market with a 47% market share. Though the company registered a ~5% increase in sales to $754 million in the first nine months of 2014, the growth rate has declined considerably. VeriSign’s sales grew by ~12% in the first ... read more ...
 
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NIRA Urges Politicians to Adopt .ng Domain Name for Campaigns -  President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma By Emma Okonji Following the commencement of political campaigns across the country, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the body responsible for populating and managing Nigeria's country code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), the .ng domain name, which is Nigeria's identity in cyberspace, has advised politicians to adopt the country's domain name for their political campaigns. President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma, who gave the charge in ... read more ...
Tue 23rd December 2014
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Page Howe Opens Office In Los Angeles To Promote Adoption Of .La Domain Extension - According to a Press Release out today, my fellow Sherpa Page Howe, a “veteran domain name investor and educator, has been tapped to lead the effort to educate and encourage adoption of the .LA domain extension in and around Los Angeles and Southern California. ” “Domain names are the real estate of the Internet, and the .LA domain namespace is the exact location for online marketing in Los Angeles. .LA Domain names are available now at most major registrars, www.la and LaDomainNames.com. Page ... read more ...
Mon 22nd December 2014
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In Depth Article About ccTLDs on Moz Blog - It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you, but I don’t have a great deal of experience with ccTLD domain names, aside from seeing them in my travels. I know that Ron Jackson breaks out the ccTLD sales from other domain names in his sales reports, and there are frequently solid sales reported (ie $40,000 last week for SC.TV). If you are interested in ccTLD domain names, you will want to read an article on The Moz Blog that was published this morning. Eli Schwartz, Online Marketing Manager ... read more ...
Thu 18th December 2014
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‘Nigeria Still Far from Meeting Domain Name Registration Target’ - Mary Uduma, President of NIRA By Emma Okonji The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the body in charge of the registration of Nigeria's country code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), otherwise known as '.ng domain name', has said Nigeria is still far from meeting  the  set target of registering 250, 000 domain names in the country. President of NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma, who gave the information in a telephone interview with THISDAY Newspapers, said NIRA had in 2013, set a target ... read more ...
Tue 16th December 2014
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Terror bomb victims demanding Iran’s .ir will appeal US ruling - A US judge's decision that Iran's internet registry cannot be seized by victims of an Iranian-backed bomb attack will be challenged on appeal [PDF] in Washington DC. The decision last month by Judge Royce Lamberth that the .ir country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is not "attachable property" was the latest twist in a decade-long lawsuit brought by Israeli law center Shurat HaDin – which is seeking compensation for nine US citizens injured in an ... read more ...
Fri 5th December 2014
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Mauritian Government Not Paying The Bills on Gov.mu and domain is going to be auctioned off - In what looks to be a really odd situation, the website islandcrisis.net is reporting that the government of Mauritius did not pay their bill for the domain name gov.mu. So now it is going to be auctioned off. The domain supposedly gets 500,000 to 1,100,000 queries a day. The government moved on to govmu.org. Read the full story here The Internet Direct Limited (IDL), the company that is behind the deactivation of gov.mu, stated that the Mauritian government did not pay its bills, and as a consequence, ... read more ...
Thu 4th December 2014
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DNS.pt colabora com Angola - Centro Nacional das Tecnologias da Informação angolano terá apoio na gestão do ccTLD .ao. A Associação DNS.pt vai dar apoio a Angola na gestão do domínio de topo .ao, nomeadamente na instalação e operação dos servidores primários e secundários a alojar no data center do Centro Nacional das Tecnologias da Informação (CNTI), bem como no desenvolvimento, implementação e manutenção ... read more ...
Mon 1st December 2014
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Can VeriSign Maintain Its Market Leadership In The Coming Years? - VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN), a leader in the Domain Name market (47% market share), regained its growth momentum in Q3 2014 after a disappointing performance in the first half of the year. The company saw the highest third quarter gross additions of 8.7 million to date, in Q3 2014. Some of the primary factors propelling this growth were: One of VeriSign’s prominent U.S. registrars concentrating on customer acquisition and acquiring domain names through discounts. China’s continued healthy ... read more ...
Sat 29th November 2014
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After 6 Years, AlJazeera Wins Contorol of Aljazeera.Tv -             AlJazeera Media Network of Doha, Qatar, was awarded the domain name Aljazeera.tv by a one member UDRP panel of Assen Alexiev The domain holder did not respond to the UDRP, nor did the domain seem to be in use in the 6+ years since it was registered. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member: The domain name Aljazeera.tv was registered over 6 years ago on January 22, 2008. The Complainant is the global media corporation broadcasted in Arabic well known as a new ... read more ...
Thu 27th November 2014
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Criação do domínio da Guiné Bissau .GW tem o apoio do DNS.PT - Foi lançado o ccTLD da Guiné Bissau, o .GW. O DNS.PT foi seleccionado para dar todo o apoio técnico e jurídico no lançamento e operação inicial deste TLD. AMEN, Ptisp e Domínios, foram os agentes de registo nacionais que assumiram já o estatuto de registar o .gw.A Autoridade Reguladora Nacional – Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau é, desde 10 de Julho de 2014, a entidade responsável pelo Domínio de Topo Nacional da Internet da Guiné-Bissau, .GW, na sequência ... read more ...
 
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Guiné Bissau disponibiliza o seu domínio de topo - AMEN, Ptisp e Domínios são os agentes de registo nacionais com estatuto de registrar do .gw. O DNS.pt está a dar apoi no âmbito de um protocolo de cooperação com a ARN. A Guiné Bissau lançou publicamente o seu domínio de topo (ccTLD) , .gw, com o apoio técnico e jurídico do DNS.pt. AMEN, Ptisp e Domínios, são os agentes de registo nacionais com o estatuto de registrar de .gw. O suporte ... read more ...
Wed 26th November 2014
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Guiné Bissau já tem identidade própria na Internet - No apoio ao lançamento do ccTLD da Guiné Bissau, o DNS.pt assegurou o desenho e a estrutura do site de suporte ao serviço, no âmbito de uma parceria assinada com a Autoridade Reguladora Nacional - Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau. No âmbito do mesmo acordo, a entidade responsável pela gestão do domínio nacional de topo em Portugal preparou ainda a regulamento aplicável ao TLD nacional da Guiné Bissau e deu apoio na definição de parâmetros ... read more ...
Mon 24th November 2014
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LogicBoxes Schedules Webinar to Unveil Automated System that Helps ccTLD … - While new gTLDs are getting the lion's share of attention since they started going live earlier this year, LogicBoxes believes there is also a great growth opportunity for ccTLD ... read more ...
Sun 23rd November 2014
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IDN ccTLD Request from Armenia Successfully Passes String Evaluation – ag-IP - Home / IDN ccTLD Request from Armenia Successfully Passes String Evaluation / LOS ANGELES - ICANN announced in a press release the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for Armenia. Details of the successful evaluation are provided here: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion The IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) ccTLD Fast Track Process was approved by the ICANN Board ... read more ...