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Emoji domains get a 😟 after broad study

Domain names containing emojis are a security risk and not recommended, according to a pretty comprehensive review by an ICANN study group. The Country-Code Names Supporting Organization has delivered the results of its 12-person, 18-month Emoji Study ...

October 28, 2019 Kevin Murphy .az, .cf, .fm., .ge, .gg, .gq, .je, .ml, .st, .tk, .to, .uz, .vu, .WS, ccnso, Domain Tech, emojis, esg, freenom, ga, idna2008

Brexit hell: .eu suspension plan put on hold

EURid’s policy to boot out Brits next week has been put on hold due to the current impasse in Brexit talks. UK citizens had been told they would lose their .eu domains November 1, the first day the country was scheduled to no longer be a member o...

October 23, 2019 Kevin Murphy .eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid

Now you don’t have to live in the EU to register a .eu domain, but there’s a catch

Residents of countries outside the European Union are now able to register .eu domain names. A new rule that kicked in at the weekend broadened eligibility from only residents of the EU and European Economic Area. Now, residency is irrelevant. The catc...

October 21, 2019 Kevin Murphy .eu, Domain Registries, eurid

Argentina will use a lottery to decide 2LD landrush

Argentina has become the latest country to allow its ccTLD registrants to register domains at the second level. NIC Argentina announced last week that in addition to third-level domains such as example.com.ar and example.net.ar, you’ll be able to...

September 18, 2019 Kevin Murphy 2lds, argentina, Domain Registries, grandfathering, lottery, nic argentina, nic.ar, second-level

Kafka turns in grave as ICANN crowbars “useless” Greek TLD into the root

ICANN has finally approved a version of .eu in Greek script, but it’s already been criticized as “useless”. Yesterday, ICANN’s board of directors rubber-stamped .ευ, the second internationalized domain name version of the Europe...

September 9, 2019 Kevin Murphy .eu, .ευ, ccnso, Domain Policy, eurid, fast track, gac, idn cctld fast track, ssac

Zimbabwe wants to rebuild its domain market from scratch

Zimbabwe has put out a call for feedback on plans to modernize its almost non-existent domain name industry. The local ccTLD manager, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), has issued a consultation document discussing...

July 8, 2019 Kevin Murphy .zw, Domain Registries, potraz, telone, zimbabwe, zispa

Luxembourg tops 100,000 .lu domains

Luxembourgish ccTLD .lu has grown to more than 100,000 domain names for the first time. ccTLD operator Restena said last week that the domain crossed the threshold June 21. At the end of the month, it had 100,056 domains under management. While it&#821...

July 8, 2019 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, restena

Foreigners mostly speak foreign, ccTLD study finds

English may be the lingua franca of the internet, but most foreigners still stubbornly stick to their own tongues, a study has found. The research, carried out by Oxford Information Labs for CENTR, covered 10 ccTLDs and geo-gTLDs and found that “...

July 3, 2019 Kevin Murphy CENTR, Domain Registries, oxford information labs

This latest Chinese bubble could deflate ccTLD growth

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...

June 10, 2019 Kevin Murphy .tw, allegravita, dnib, Domain Registries, taiwan, twnic

.Com dominates North America. What about the ROW?

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

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