Archive for July, 2008

.AE – Arab Emirates Domain Name Prices Slashed at Instra Corporation

.AE – Arab Emirates Domain Name Prices Slashed at Instra Corporation

Instra Corporation, a world leading domain provider is proud to be one of the first registrars accredited with the .ae Domain Administration (aeDA), the new registry...

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US Not Giving Up Oversight of Domain Name Root Zone File

US Not Giving Up Oversight of Domain Name Root Zone File

The United States Government has said it has no intention of giving up its oversight role of the authoritative root zone file, the file that stores the database...

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.MO Falls short of its Big Brother .CN

The 2008 publication of the Macau Information and Communications Technology Survey which was released this week showed that the internet penetration rate has increased...

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ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Names from a De-Accredited Registrar

ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Names from a De-Accredited Registrar

Request For Information: ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Bulk Transfer of Names from De-Accredited Registrar #1 Domain Names International,...

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ICANN Publishes 2008 Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Audit Report

ICANN Publishes 2008 Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Audit Report

ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Department publishes its second semi-annual Registrar and Registry Contractual Compliance Audit Report. This report summarizes...

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China Censors Websites by Domain Names/URL

There has been a lot of interest in the international media regarding the International Olympic Committee’s disclosure “that some of its officials had...

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ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Names from a De-Accredited Registrar

ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Names from a De-Accredited Registrar

Request For Information: ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Bulk Transfer of Names from De-Accredited Registrar #1 Domain Names International,...

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ICANN Publishes 2008 Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Audit Report

ICANN Publishes 2008 Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Audit Report

ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Department publishes its second semi-annual Registrar and Registry Contractual Compliance Audit Report. This report summarizes...

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China Censors Websites by Domain Names/URL

There has been a lot of interest in the international media regarding the International Olympic Committee’s disclosure “that some of its officials had...

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Sedos Director of International Operations takes a step down

Effective August 1, 2008, Bentley will transition out of his operational role at Sedo, but will remain close to the company in a non-operative role as Strategic...

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History checking Your Domain for Better SEO

Having a domain name which has been penalised or delisted by search engines in the past can damage rankings, an article has revealed. Talking to Practical Ecommerce,...

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Google Counts More Than 1 Trillion Unique URLs

Google Counts More Than 1 Trillion Unique URLs

A report from Google has counted there are more than one trillion unique URLs, as opposed to domain names, reports IDG. Google openly admit they do not index every...

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ICANN ALAC Review: Final Report by Independent Evaluator Released

ICANN ALAC Review: Final Report by Independent Evaluator Released

ICANN is posting the summary [PDF, 85K] and final report [PDF, 561K] of the Independent Review of the ALAC submitted by Westlake Consulting. These documents will...

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Google Counts More Than 1 Trillion Unique URLs

Google Counts More Than 1 Trillion Unique URLs

A report from Google has counted there are more than one trillion unique URLs, as opposed to domain names, reports IDG. Google openly admit they do not index every...

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ICANN ALAC Review: Final Report by Independent Evaluator Released

ICANN ALAC Review: Final Report by Independent Evaluator Released

ICANN is posting the summary [PDF, 85K] and final report [PDF, 561K] of the Independent Review of the ALAC submitted by Westlake Consulting. These documents will...

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