EUrid has announced the finalists for the ".eu Web Awards". Public nominations for the awards were open from June 23rd until September 5th with websites being submitted under a number of categories, namely: The LEADERS (Established business with more than 10 employees) The RISING STARS (Start-up/Entrepreneur with 1 to 10 employees) The LAURELS … [Read more...] about EUrid Announce Finalists of Web Awards
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EUrid Publish CO2 Offset Data
EUrid has published a graphic giving details about their carbon emissions during 2013 and how they offset them: The .eu registry has a clear commitment to "green" Related articles EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years (internetnews.me) DotEU By The Numbers (internetnews.me) Win €5k To Promote Your .EU Website! (blacknight.com) … [Read more...] about EUrid Publish CO2 Offset Data
Who Is Using Domains and How?
So what happens to a domain after it is registered? Where does it end up? Who uses it? How do they use it? These aren't trivial questions, as they provide very clear indicators of how an entire namespace is growing or dying .. If a a TLD isn't used actively then it will die. And with so many new TLDs to choose from there are going to be some that simply do not succeed. So … [Read more...] about Who Is Using Domains and How?
DotEU By The Numbers
The guys over at EUrid released a nice graphic that gives a summary of key data related to .eu in 2013: At the recent ICANN meeting in London EUrid was firmly focussed on highlighting European businesses that actively use .eu for their websites. Related articles EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years (internetnews.me) Win €5k To Promote Your … [Read more...] about DotEU By The Numbers
EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years
EUrid have officially been awarded the contract to run the .eu domain registry for another 5 years. The contract, which is awarded by the European Commission, was open for tender last year and the official announcement was only made today. The announcement is in today's Official Journal of the European Union Interestingly there was only one entity that submitted a bid … [Read more...] about EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years
EU Registry Reports Strong Growth And High Renewal Rates
Eurid, the registry for the .eu domain name, has released their quarterly results today. The registry's performance over the last quarter has been strong with registration rates up 7.6% compared to the same period last year. Renewal rates are also doing very well, with a rate of 85% being reported. As in previous reports, the growth in .eu domain registration is … [Read more...] about EU Registry Reports Strong Growth And High Renewal Rates
Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, has announced that it will be rolling out IPv6 across its remaining websites, including the registrar extranet. The registry operator is currently running its main site on both IPv4 and IPv6. All sites should be 100% dual-stack from May 2nd 2012. Unfortunately it does not look like they'll be offering the full range of services … [Read more...] about Eurid Rolling Out IPv6 On Production Services
EU Registry Giving Away Ipads To Registrants
Eurid, the registry for .eu domain names, is running a competition from the end of November until Christmas day. Anyone who registers a .eu domain name between November 24th and December 25th will be entered into a draw to win an iPad 2. Draws are being held on 2, 9, 16 and 27 December 2011 with two iPads up for grabs during each draw. (And of course Blacknight is … [Read more...] about EU Registry Giving Away Ipads To Registrants
Eurid Registrar Advisory Board Gets New Member
Eurid has announced that French registrar MailClub is to join the Eurid Registrar Advisory Board. Two of the other members of the board have been re-appointed for a second term. The board's composition is, therefore, as follows: Dimitris Anthoulakis, Usableweb Ltd (Greece) Markus Eggensperger, United Domains AG (Germany), reappointed for a second term Adam Eisner, … [Read more...] about Eurid Registrar Advisory Board Gets New Member
EU Registry Suffers Serious Outage
Eurid, the operator of the .eu registry, has suffered a serious outage.According to official communications from the registry the systems were offline from last night until earlier today (though no official communication about the servers coming back online has been made)How long was the registry offline?By the looks of things it could be anything up to 12 hours, though I … [Read more...] about EU Registry Suffers Serious Outage