Nominet, the Registry of the .uk domain, proposed offering comprehensive contact information in the whois database. The proposal has been met with fierce opposition and the Registry is now delaying the changes as it seeks a compromise to calm fears of domain owners. [...] Continue reading →

According to SnapNames, registrations for the top domain TLDs (.com, .net, and .org) fell by 3.5 million from October to June. Domain Registrars struggle to find a market in the post dot-com bubble industry. [...] Continue reading →

The ISOC fired back over charges that the company is not qualified to take over the .org Registry. ICANN put the Registry at the top of their list for a .org takeover after receiving a perfect score. The criticisms come due to the fact that the ISOC has not yet established their subsidiary organization, Public [...] Continue reading →

ICANN has selected the Internet Society (ISOC) to take control of the .org domain extension, previously run by VeriSign. According to reports, the ISOC was the only company to receive an ‘A’ in all categories used to rate potential Registries. [...] Continue reading →

The Australia Domain Authority (auDA) has reported that they will revoke the registration of the domain sport.com.au. The Registrant violated auDA policies when they posted the domain for sale on eBay. [...] Continue reading →

After a year of registration declines in the domain name industry, reports show that registrations increased during the month of July with 128,974 new registrations. [...] Continue reading →

VeriSign is currently under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the company was named in a slew of lawsuits for deceptive marketing. Suits state that VeriSign used deceptive marketing to persuade customers of their competitors to transfer domains to their company. The FTC is specifically investigating whether VeriSign obtained competitors customer information [...] Continue reading →