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ICANN has now approved the delegation of two Chinese-character ccTLD’s (country code top level domains) to China. Additionally, they approved two to Taiwan, and one to Hong Kong. The requests for the three countries ccTLD’s were approved to move forward in April.
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After China’s crackdown on the .cn domain name, registrations have fallen by 39% in the last four months alone, despite the fact that the country re-opened registration after the ban.
Because the cheap registrations had made the ccTLD a popular name for porn and other …
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The launch of the new .co TLD officially began as LCN.com announced the launch of its .co pre-registration system, allowing customers the chance to secure their desired .co domain name. While pre-registering a domain name gives you a chance to secure your .co name, it does not guarantee that you …
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.CO Internet S.A.S has been aggressively promoting their new .co TLD, set to launch later this year.
The Registry is working hard to overcome the image of .co being labeled as a “typo-TLD”. In their extensive research, they found that more than 75% of those interviewed viewed .co as having …
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After banning individuals from registering .cn country code domain names, China has plans to now re-open registration. The ban occurred as the country cracked down on pornography and false domain registrations. The ccTLD had quickly become popular due to its extremely low pricing, but this low pricing also made it …
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Less than a year after the public began registering the .me ccTLD, according to doMEn. This milestone makes the .me ccTLD the fastest growing launch on record. The Registry hit a milestone of 200,000 .me domains with the registration of OpenDoor.me. The increase in growth was helped by lowered minimum …
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A recent study from McAfee, an Internet security software company, said that .gov websites are the safest. On the flip side, the reports shows that 1-in-10 websites that use the .tk TLD (the ccTLD from Tokelau), spread malicious software or warrant warnings for pop-ups and other nuisances.…
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ICANN has approved the new .asia domain to be overseen by the DotAsia Organization. .Asia will be a supplement to the various Asian national ccTLDs, including .cn (China) and .jp (Japan). DotAsia is the first gTLD (generic TLD) Domain Registry to have their headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.…
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While technically the U.S. Government could delete the domains of other nations, they have never exercised that right. This unusual control that U.S. Government has is the subject of a debate at the United Nations. The White House Administration published principles that stated that “national governments have legitimate sovereignty concerns, …
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The Cameroon Registry for the .cm ccTLD is being accused of typo-squatting. The registry is redirecting all accidental .cm traffic to advertising pages instead of returning an error to users. As a result, if an internet user misspells .com as .cm, a common error, they are now redirected to the …
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EURid is now offering .eu domain names. This week, applicants rushed to apply for the new names, with the most popular being for sex.eu. The new TLDs are for individuals and companies within the European Union, but are not designed to take the place of European country ccTLDs.…
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ICANN recently announced that the organization decided to return the .iq TLD to an Iraqi Government body, the National Communications and Media Commission (NCMC). ICANN took over the domain after the warn in Iraq began, believing the country was too unstable to manage the ccTLD. Since then, the domain has …
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VeriSign reported this week that domain name registrations are at an all time high with 64.5 million names registered. The number of registrations represents a 7% increase over last year. The report shows that while .com’s are still the top TLD, ccTLDs come in second, taking 39% of the domain …
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auDA’s New Names Advisory Panel recommended that seven new second-level domains be created for Australia’s states and territories. The names to be created are: act.au, nsw.au, nt.au, qld.au, sa.au, tas.au, vic.au, and wa.au.…
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North and South Korea’s current ccTLDs are .kr and .kp, but lawmaker Lee Jong-geol has proposed a .ko ccTLD for both North and South Korea.…
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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.…
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A spokesman for ICANN announced the .su domain extension that previously belonged to the Soviet Union would be revoked sometime next year. The ccTLD was managed by RosNIIROS, but when the independent states formed after the Soviet Union’s fall, registrations of .su were halted.…
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The administrator of the .za domain, Mike Lawrie, announced that he has moved the major control mechanism overseas until the issue of who controls the domain is resolved.…
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Nominet, the .uk Domain Registry, has planned changes to their whois database, including adding the domain Registrants address to the whois database as well as the expiration date for the domain. The changes will make it easier to find out when a domain is up for renewal or what company …
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Talks are still going on over the handling of the .za domain, which is still unresolved. Namespace ZA, the company founded to take over the administration of the extension, plans to meet with government officials to discuss control of the TLD.…
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The U.S. Government is re-launching its top-level domain (TLD), .us, next week with NeuStar, the company selected to run the Registry. Neustar, who also operates the .biz Registry, hopes to take advantage of the rise in U.S. patriotism after the 9/11 attacks.…
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The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) released a report on the redelegation of the .jp ccTLD. IANA came to the conclusion that the appropriate delegate of the .jp ccTLD is the Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. (JPRS) under oversight of the Japanese Government and JPNIC.…
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Despite opposition, the U.S. Commerce Department is handing over the management of the ccTLD to a for-profit corporation, which will translate into hundreds of millions of dollars in registration fees. Critics are particularly upset because American taxpayers provided the initial funding for .us management and the corporation taking over will …
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The Ukraine is currently looking for a new administrator for its .ua ccTLD after the previous administrator left the ailing economy. A San Francisco man and a group of volunteers gained control of the domain and do not want to relinquish it to the SBU. The extension is still in …
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