According to zone file for the .com registry the number of .Com domain name registrations has passed 113.5 Million domains for the first time. Of course everyday tens of thousands of .com domains are deleted for non-renewal and tens of thousands are more are registered. Most days result in a net positive gain for the .com registry while its also not unusually to see a net loss for certain … [Read more...]
Free Domains Anyone? .Berlin Adds 70K Domains & Tops 116K; .XYZ Adds 27K & Tops 145K
A huge day in the new gTLD program as .Berlin in its first day of offering free domain names, added some 70,000 domain names, more domains than were registered in the extension in the three months since .Berlin was launched. .Berlin passed .Club to become the 2nd most registered new domain extension (new gTLD). .Berlin which had been hanging around 48,000 registrations for weeks, shot up to … [Read more...]
.Co.Com Releases “Tens Of Thousands” Premium Domains For Landrush
The .Co.Com registry just announced on their blog, that they were dropping "tens of thousands" premium domains from their reserved list and placing them into availability where they can be immediately registered in the Landrush period. The .Co.Com registry furnished this list (excel) of over 23K formally reserved premium domain names with Google Searches Per Month, Google … [Read more...]
Glenn Hayward, Formerly With Nominet, Joins CentralNic’s Board & Becomes Its CFO
CentralNic (AIM:CNIC), today announces that Glenn Hayward has joined the Board of CentralNic plc as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Hayward joins the Board of CentralNic from Nominet, the company responsible for the .uk domain names, where he was Executive Director, Business Development Director and Finance Director. Ben Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of CentralNic plc, said: … [Read more...]
Ken Hansen Of NeuStar Resigns to Launch The Co.com Registry With Greg McNair & Paul Goldstone
According to press release we received, "three well known domain industry leaders have teamed up to launch the co.com registry that will allow users to "register the .com domain names they’ve always wanted!" Ken Hansen (formerly of Neustar) will lead the new venture as CEO, joining Paul Goldstone (President), and Gregg McNair (Chairman). Ken Hansen “When Paul asked me to work with him … [Read more...]
Google’s Registry For New gTLD’s; Charleston Road Registry Launches its Site
Google's Registry for that will be the back end operator for Google's new gTLD strings, CharlestonRoadRegistry.com officially launched their site today (Update I have been informed that this site actually launched on March 29, 2013) "Welcome to Charleston Road Registry, Google’s domain registry. We’re really excited about the domains we’ll soon be able to offer. The Internet has always been … [Read more...]
ICANN Approves Renewal Of .Info; .Org and .Biz Registry Contracts Without URS Being Included
According to a resolution passed by the ICANN Board, ICANN has renewed the registry contracts for the .info, .biz and .org contracts without the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) being included. On the issue of not requiring the URS to be added to the registry contracts ICANN said: ""There was a specific community concern raised, and subsequent letters provided to the Board, regarding the … [Read more...]