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IEDR Update WHOIS Output To Include Registration Date

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IEDR have updated their whois output to include the domain name registration date. The whois output now includes both the registration and the expiry dates. See example: whois neylon.ie % Rights restricted by copyright; http://iedr.ie/index.php/mnudomregs/mnudnssearch/96 % Do not remove this notice domain:       neylon.ie descr:        Michele … [Read more...] about IEDR Update WHOIS Output To Include Registration Date

CENTR Publish DomainWire Stat Report Focussing On Country Code Domains

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  CENTR (Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries) have published "DomainWire Stat Report" which gives a pretty good overview of internet and domain name statistics in Europe (and internationally) Some headline figures: approximately 40% of domains are ccTLDs .com dominates gTLDs with approximately 75% of the market The top 20 ccTLDs … [Read more...] about CENTR Publish DomainWire Stat Report Focussing On Country Code Domains

Co.no To Go Live July 4th

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Co.no will be going live on July 4th 2012 ie. in two days time. The operator for co.no was involved in a court case with the Norwegian domain registry (Norid), but won. According to an email they sent to their partners this evening co.no domains will be activated at 10 am CET on July 4th. Here's the full release: .CO.NO initiative compliance confirmed by Norwegian … [Read more...] about Co.no To Go Live July 4th

AFNIC Win .FR Bid Again

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Due to a rather odd Gallic twist AFNIC was forced to bid on the .fr registry contract again. They announced on Thursday that the French government had awarded the contract to them (again) for a 5 year period: In an Order published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 28 June 2012, Ms Fleur Pellerin, Junior Minister for the Digital Economy, appointed Afnic as … [Read more...] about AFNIC Win .FR Bid Again

Registrar Stakeholder Group Issues Statement on RAA Negotiations

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The Registrar Stakeholder Group has issued a statement on the RAA negotiations this evening. This is in response to the text and documents released by ICANN a couple of weeks ago. Statement from the Registrar Stakeholder Group The Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) would like to provide this statement regarding the current status of RAA negotiations and the update posted on … [Read more...] about Registrar Stakeholder Group Issues Statement on RAA Negotiations

The TLD Song

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Amusing.. From the description:  ICANN's top level domain expansion scheme can be called a lot of things: expensive, deceptive, exploitive, extortive, enraging, confusing, embarrassing, and more ... but when you actually look at the massive, rather insane list of TLD applications submitted so far, I'm forced to admit that ICANN's plan can also be called ... entertaining. … [Read more...] about The TLD Song

Digging Into New TLDs

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With the release of the new TLD applicant and application list there's a huge amount of data available. You can download the information from the ICANN site or browse it online. However with nearly two thousand applications it's pretty awkward to see some of the data quickly and easily. With that in mind we (Blacknight) have put together a fairly simple site that … [Read more...] about Digging Into New TLDs

Big Brands Trying To Corner Generic Namespaces?

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Trying to make sense of the nearly 2000 new TLD applications is not something that anyone can do quickly. Sure, you can look at the list and see who has applied for what, but it's only when you actually read the "public" part of their submission that you can get an insight into their plans. Let's call a spade a spade. If a big brand wants to get its own TLD then it's pretty … [Read more...] about Big Brands Trying To Corner Generic Namespaces?