Recent domain name news from the last week: Number Of Domain Names Registered Approaching 200 Million Verisign has revealed that around 11 million domain names were registered during the last quarter of 2009 pushing the total number of domain name registrations to 192 million, 25 years after dotcom domain names were released. The details were published as part of the Domain Name Industry…
Posted: February 25th, 2010 Read More →
Recent domain name news from the last week: ICANN fails to trace quarter of website owners More than three-quarters of Internet domain registrants have incomplete, invalid or false names. And 22 percent of website owners proved to be impossible to trace. That's according to a survey conducted by the University of Chicago on behalf of Internet registry agency ICANN which looked at…
Posted: February 18th, 2010 Read More →
Recent domain name news from the last week: Nominet launches UK awards for internet innovation Nominet has announced the launch of its 2010 Internet Awards, formerly known as the Best Practice Challenge. The registry firm, which manages more than eight million .uk URLs, is looking for submissions from individuals and organisations in the public, private and charity sectors in five areas: getting…
Posted: February 11th, 2010 Read More →
Recent domain name news from the last week: China’s domain name rules spur website flight China’s tighter regulation of internet domain names is driving website owners to register overseas, according to industry sources and internet activists. “We are seeing people starting to bypass domestic domain names,” said Song Yingqiao, vice-president at HiChina, a leading web registrar. “Twenty to 30 per cent of new…
Posted: February 4th, 2010 Read More →
Recent domain name news from the last week: Nominet appoints itself web policeman Nominet has announced it will suspend the domain name of any .uk website suspected of being involved in criminal activity. Registrars who receive "credible reports" about their domain names can now use a Nominet tool that will immediately "lock" it while they investigate the website. The lock means suspect websites…
Posted: January 28th, 2010 Read More →
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