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…
Category: Domain Registries
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…
.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…
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…
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…
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…
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…