The .au policy and regulatory body auDA dropped something of a bombshell Wednesday when it announced it was ending exclusive negotiations with AusRegistry, the registry operator since 2002, and will…
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Monthly Archives: April 2017
A study for the Domain Name Association claims there is a benefit from an SEO perspective by having a relevant keyword in a relevant domain name extension, that is the…
Domain names under management across the 26 new gTLDs operated by Minds + Machines (MMX) jumped 40% in the last 12 months, with registrations jumping 44% to 817,000 in China…
Total new gTLD registrations have taken a hit in recent days, dropping over half a million in under 2 weeks.
The .eco new gTLD launched its General Availability on 25 April with the support of a number of environmental organisations such as WWF, Conservation International, United Nations Global Compact, Natural…
Mathieu Weill, the CEO of the French ccTLD registry Afnic, will be stepping down as of 1 May. In an announcement today on the website for the French country code…
At the request of the ICANN community, the public comment period for the GNSO Community Comment 2 (CC2) on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process has been extended to…
NIC Costa Rica has reduced the price of .cr domain names by 50% to US$35 for any domain registered for one year in a 12 hour special on 25 April.
[news release] As trademark lawyers face tough challenges in protecting their client’s brand with ever-expanding Internet domain name options, Rightside Group, Ltd., today launched an upgrade of its Domain Protected…
Afnic has been awarded the right to operate the .fr ccTLD for another 5 years, the registry announced.
A trio of short .com domain names topped the Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales for the week ending 9 April, with lev.com coming first, selling for an…
ICANN in cooperation with the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Under-served Regions Working Group will hold the first capacity development workshop for Pacific GAC members and representatives from 28 –…
Represent the global stakeholder community by participating in ICANN Reviews. Apply today to join the team of global experts that will help improve the transparency and accountability of ICANN, and…
The 38-year-old Pirate Bay co-founder and Swedish politician Peter Sunde has started a new business that allows almost anyone, anywhere to register domain names anonymously. Well, actually, you don’t register…
Minds + Machines Group (MMX) has announced another big spend on domain names among its new gTLD portfolio. This week the company announced there have been orders for approximately 90,000…