According to Theage.com.au, AusRegistry, the company that operates the .Au registry under agreement from auda.org.au, has launched a new service called .AULockdown that allows domain owners to bar automated changes to their domain at the registrar level. "Companies with valuable websites can now pay up to $1,000 a year to opt-out of Australia's automated domain registry system". "The … [Read more...]
Singapore To Require Verification Of Owners For .Sg ccTLD Domains
Beginning May 2013, the Singapore domain registry will require verification of domain name owners. This comes as a result of previous cases of identity theft and fake identities being used when registering .SG domain names. The new procedure will apply for both second level .SG domains and third level .COM.SG names. .SG domains are semi-restricted. While there are no restrictions on the … [Read more...]
.Lu (Luxembourg) Domain Names Subject To A 1 Year Freeze Upon Complaint
According to Lexology.com, starting on June 11, 2013, the .Lu registry will "freeze" a .lu domain name, preventing it from being transferred, sold or traded to another party for an initial period of 1 year upon receipt of a dispute from a party claiming to have rights to the domain. Lu is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Luxembourg. This freezing period must allow the claimant … [Read more...]
The 20 ccTLD’s That Google Treats As Generic TLD’s
According to the Seroundtable.com, Google has been updating their indexing systems to treat more ccTLDs, country-level top level domains, as generic TLDs. As we already know some of the favorite ccTLD's of domainers like .Co, .Me and .Tv made the list. If your using a ccTLD domain name and if its on the list Google will rank your site as a generic site, .com, .net and .org included. If … [Read more...]
Applicant For .Radio Starting To Sell Subdomains off Radio.Fm & Radio.Am
According to a press release out today BRS Media, one of the applications for the new gTLD .Radio "announced the set launch dates for "The Radio Global Domain Extensions under .Radio.am and .Radio.fm, will launch the Sunrise Period for trademark owners worldwide on May 28, 2013." These are subdomains of a ccTLD that are being sold off of Radio.FM & Radio.AM and should not … [Read more...]
.An Domains To Be Removed From The Root Server by October 2014
According to BrandShelter.com, the .An registry is being phased out with the the .An ccTLD being removed from the root server by October 2014. I know a lot of unsophisticated domain investors may get caught up buying one of these domain names with great keyword which maybe offered with cheap pricing , so buyer beware. Here is the announcement: ""The University of the Netherlands Antilles … [Read more...]
Following On Success of .TK, .ML To Offer Free Domains
Following on its highly successful management of the .TK registry Freedom Registry announced today its going to 'Power" the Dot ML, the Mali domain name, .ML .ML domain names will be operated as " generic, unrestricted, clean and global TLD focusing on individuals and businesses in- and outside Mali". "Free domain names will be offered to all internet users in both Mali and other countries … [Read more...]