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With many ccTLD operators recently reporting stagnant growth or shrinkage, one registry has performed stunningly well over the last year. Sadly, it bears the hallmarks of another speculative bubble originating in China. Verisign’s latest Domain N...
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June 10, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.tw, allegravita, dnib, Domain Registries, taiwan, twnic
Country code domains are still the majority outside of North America. Take a look at the chart above. What do you notice? While .com dominates North America, it is secondary in ICANN’s other four regions. It’s easy to be United States-centric, but the reality of domain name demand is very different around the world. Afnic, […]
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June 6, 2019 Andrew Allemann
.fr, afnic, country code domains, topstory
The number of domains registered in new gTLDs slipped again in the first quarter, but it was not as bad as it could have been. Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief, out today, reports that new gTLD domains dropped by 800,000 sequentially ...
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May 31, 2019 Kevin Murphy
dnib, domain name industry brief, Domain Registries, Famous Four Media, ffm, grs domains
The number of registered domain names in the world is growing at its slowest rate ever, according to CENTR. Its latest CENTRstats Global TLD Report, covering the first quarter of 2019, shows median domain growth of 3.4% year-over-year, a “record ...
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May 21, 2019 Kevin Murphy
CENTR, Domain Registries, global tld report
The number of registered .com domains increased by more than double the growth of all new gTLDs last year, according to figures from Verisign. The latest Domain Name Industry Brief reports that .com grew by 7.1 million names in 2018, while new gTLDs gr...
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April 2, 2019 Kevin Murphy
dnib, domain name industry brief, Domain Registries
The government of the Cook Islands is reportedly thinking about changing its name, putting a question mark over the long-term longevity of its .ck top-level domain. The AFP is reporting that an exploratory committee has been set up to pick a new name f...
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March 5, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.ck, Cook Islands, dick jokes, Domain Registries, IANA
An internationalized domain name ccTLD is reportedly getting buried because of a confusion about how many dots should appear. Armenia’s .հայ (.xn--y9a3aq) today has fewer than 300 registered domains, well under 1% of the volume enjoyed by the Lat...
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February 11, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.am, .xn--y9a3aq, .հայ, armenia, Domain Registries
EURid’s .eu top-level domain has hit a six-year low in terms of total registrations, and Brexit is to blame. The registry has just announced that it had 3,684,750 domains under management at the end of 2018, down 63,129 domains compared to the 3,...
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February 4, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
Irish ccTLD .ie saw record growth in 2018 after the registry relaxed its registration rules. According to IEDR, there were 262,140 .ie domains at the end of the year, an increase of 10.4%. There were 51,040 new registrations, a 29% increase, the regist...
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January 25, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.ie, blacknight, Brexit, Domain Registries, IEDR
The tiny Pacific island of Niue has sued the Swedish ccTLD registry to gain control of its own ccTLD, .nu, DI has learned. The lawsuit, filed this week in Stockholm, claims that the Internet Foundation In Sweden (IIS) acted illegally when it essentiall...
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November 28, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.nu, .SE, Domain Registries, IANA, iis, iusn foundation, niue, one.com, postel, redelegation, worldnames