The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA.), the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain, now supports the use of all French characters in .CA domain names, allowing Canadians to register their .CAs correctly in both official languages for the first time". "Previously, the only characters that could be used in a .CA domain name were the letters a-z, the numbers 0-9 and … [Read more...]
Single Letter & Number Registry Owned .Tk Domain Names Hit SnapNames.com Starting At $500
The fast growing ccTLD is .Tk which is also according to the latest Verisign Report is the second largest ccTLD in the world in terms of numbers of registration. SnapNames.com is holding a premium.TK domain name auction featuring registry owned .TK domains. There are single letter .Tk, single number .Tk as well as 2 letter and great keyword domains. It will be interesting to see how much … [Read more...]
Domainindex.com Downgrades .Co.uk From AA To B: Introduction of .uk TLD “Would Massively Destroy the Value of Existing .co.uk Domains
Domainindex.com, downgraded its rating for .co.uk from AA to B. The step has been taken after the release on October 1, 2012 of a three-month consultation by Nominet, the not-for-profit manager of the .uk infrastructure, into a scheme that would introduce .uk as a top-level domain (TLD). After getting feedback from Nominet meetings held in London on Nov.7and 9 Domainindex.com decided to … [Read more...]
The Government of Gabon Says No To Kim Dotcom’s Me.ga Plan
A few days ago Kim Dotcom announced his plan for a new version of his Megaupload site which would use the domain name Me.ga. .Ga is the country code or ccTLD for the country of Gabon. Last night the government of Gabon said it would suspend the internet domain Kim Dotcomhe had planned used for the service. According to Phys.org, Communications Minister Blaise Louembe said yesterday: I … [Read more...]
Site Dedicated To Stir Up Support Against Nominet Plan To Sell .UK Domains Goes Live: That.co.uk
Within what appears to be the last week, a new site has gone up to dedicated to the proposed change by Nominet, the organization that runs the .uk ccTLD, to start selling domain names ending in just .UK rather than .co.uk or .net.uk. This is what the site, That.co.uk decribes about itself: "This site is here to make people aware of some drastic changes that are being proposed to the UK … [Read more...]
Directi To Launch The .PW “The Professional Web” ccTLD At ICANN Toronto
Directi has just announced that it will be launching the ccTLD .pw – "the Professional Web, as a generic and open TLD, during ICANN's Toronto summit". .PW is the ccTLD for the island country of Palau Bhavin Turakhia, Directi's CEO is quoted the press release: "The top generics are running in a depleted state. " "In over 70% of the cases, consumers are … [Read more...]
.Eu Domain Names Pass 3.6 Million Registrations & Has An 85% Renewal Rate
.Eu’s domain name registrations grew 7.6% in the 2nd Quarter of of 2012 compared with one year ago, according to the latest progress report from the .eu top-level domain registry, EURid .Eu passed 3.6 million registrations during the quarter and had a 85% renewal rate which is higher than .com which traditionally has a renewal rate of around 73% EURid’s Q2 2012 report shows that … [Read more...]