Premature press release discusses re-launch of .na. Could the African country of Namibia be the next to capitalize on a commercialized TLD, a la .tv or .co? A consortium within the country would like to, but it may be getting ahead of itself. I received a press release from Groot Group this morning that announces: [...]
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.XXX Goes Live in the Root Servers
Earlier today IANA added the .XXX Top Level Domain to the root nameservers. While the registry operator Afilias is still in their setup process for ICM registry, the zone is currently propagating. While a number of registrars have already been taking pre-registrations, the actual timeline for the launch has not yet been published. The Sunrise [...]
Afilias to Consider Proposals for Allocation of 1 & 2 Letter INFO Domains
Afilias just announced that they are accepting proposals for single and double character .INFO domains. Applications have to be submitted with non-refundable $1,000 fee and have to be received before 12:00 UTC on 30 April 2011. The registry operator reserves the right, to reject proposals that are received after the submission deadline or are deficient [...]
.ORG Passes 9 Million Domain Registration Mark
The .ORG registry, PIR, announced that it has recently passed the 9 Million Registration Mark, citing a 10.3% growth over 2010. “Hitting the 9 million registration mark is a testament to both .ORG’s reputation and its impact within the Internet community,” said Brian Cute, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry. “.ORG remains a community-driven [...]
5 Reasons for Brands to Get Their Own New TLD
By Roland LaPlante [Roland LaPlante is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Afilias, a domain name registry services and DNS provider. In this guest article he gives five reasons why a brand might want to get its own top level domain name.] This week at the 39th international ICANN meeting in Cartagena, the [...]
.Info Has Banner Year in 2010
Registered base of .info domain names spikes in 2010. 2010 isn’t over yet, but .info registry Afilias has released its 2010 .Info Annual Report (pdf). (This is likely to coincide with the ICANN meeting in Colombia and media attention around new TLDs.) Afilias bills .info as the first “new TLD”, and it has easily outpaced [...]
Afilias Announces Winners of the 2010 .INFO Awards
Greentravelclub.info Takes Top Honor of Best .INFO Web site of 2010
The 2010 .INFO Awards Program highlighted some of the best .INFO sites of 2010 and awarded the top three .INFO sites with cash prizes totaling over US$15,000.Today, Afilias announced…
