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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...
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September 18, 2019 Kevin Murphy
2lds, argentina, Domain Registries, grandfathering, lottery, nic argentina, nic.ar, second-level
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...
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September 9, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.eu, .ευ, ccnso, Domain Policy, eurid, fast track, gac, idn cctld fast track, ssac
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...
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July 8, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.zw, Domain Registries, potraz, telone, zimbabwe, zispa
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 it̵...
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July 8, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, restena
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 “...
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July 3, 2019 Kevin Murphy
CENTR, Domain Registries, oxford information labs
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