08/25/2009 11:21 pm by rbirkner
Allow HEXONET to provide you with some more detailed information on our ccTLDs offerings through a series of ccTLD Postings.
Some basic facts about NIC.AT:
•Anyone worldwide can register an .AT domain, there are no restrictions
•Official registry behind .AT is NIC.AT
•Extensions that are open for registration: .AT, .co.AT & .or.AT
•Min. / Max. length of a .AT Domain: 3 – 63 characters
•IDN Capable: YES
Some stats on .AT Registrations:
•Total .AT registrations from last count were 868,480 .AT Domains
•833,545 registered .AT Domains
•28,227 registered .co.AT Domains
•6,708 registered .or.AT Domains
Distribution of Registrants by country:
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The Domains: Registration for MeetDomainers 2009 in Poland is now open! Partial Auction List Announced
by MHB
.The Second annual “MeetDomainers” show, a “Truly European Meeting of Domain Investors”, will be held at Warsaw Marriott Hotel, September 25-27.
MeetDomainers is an international meeting of people who love to do business and love domain names. It is dedicated to entrepreneurs and domain investors who want to share their knowledge and experience with each other.
English-Polish & Polish-English simultaneous translation will be provided at the Meeting.
“This meeting will be a great networking opportunity and a chance to learn from the best authorities in the field of domain name law, domain name monetization, advertising, affiliation, web development, SEO and more! You will be able to meet lots of Polish domainers and company owners as well as specialists and entrepreneurs from other European countries” - says Daniel Dryzek - organizer of MeetDomainers.
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.The Second annual “MeetDomainers” show, a “Truly European Meeting of Domain Investors”, will be held at Warsaw Marriott Hotel, September 25-27.
MeetDomainers is an international meeting of people who love to do business and love domain names. It is dedicated to entrepreneurs and domain investors who want to share their knowledge and experience with each other.
English-Polish & Polish-English simultaneous translation will be provided at the Meeting.
“This meeting will be a great networking opportunity and a chance to learn from the best authorities in the field of domain name law, domain name monetization, advertising, affiliation, web development, SEO and more! You will be able to meet lots of Polish domainers and company owners as well as specialists and entrepreneurs from other European countries” - says Daniel Dryzek - organizer of MeetDomainers.
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DomainNews.com: .EU Registrations Continue to Grow, Although Financial Crisis Impacts
Friday, 28 August 2009
Latest statistics from EURid, the .EU registry, show the total number of .EU domain names registered briefly passed, and then slipped below the three million mark. .EU is the ninth largest TLD and fifth largest ccTLD.
The three-millionth .EU domain name was registered on 11 January, 2009 while at the end of the first quarter 2009 there were 7.3 per cent, or 206,884 more .EU domain names registered when compared with the total at the end of the first quarter of 2008.
However today there were 2,976,134 .EU domain names registered, which follows a bumper month for registrations in July when 66,129 new .EU names were registered. This is a 12-month high in new registrations and a rise of 15 per cent when compared to July 2008.
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Latest statistics from EURid, the .EU registry, show the total number of .EU domain names registered briefly passed, and then slipped below the three million mark. .EU is the ninth largest TLD and fifth largest ccTLD.
The three-millionth .EU domain name was registered on 11 January, 2009 while at the end of the first quarter 2009 there were 7.3 per cent, or 206,884 more .EU domain names registered when compared with the total at the end of the first quarter of 2008.
However today there were 2,976,134 .EU domain names registered, which follows a bumper month for registrations in July when 66,129 new .EU names were registered. This is a 12-month high in new registrations and a rise of 15 per cent when compared to July 2008.
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ITWorld Canada: Chinese domain names to flood Internet
By: Owen Fletcher - IDG News Service (Beijing Bureau)(NA) (26 Aug 2009)
China expects domain names that end in Chinese characters to be mainstream in two years. The government recently deployed Internet domain names written in Chinese
China has pushed ahead with deploying Internet domain names written in Chinese as it urges action to standardize their use globally.
More than 300 million people in China now use the Internet, which puts it on pace to have the largest number of Internet users in the world this year.
Earlier statistics released by industry groups show an increase in global disputes over Web domain names.
China has solved most of the technical problems raised by Chinese-language domain names and is in the process of deploying them, said Zhang Jian, director of the international business department at the country's domain registration agency, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), in an interview Wednesday.
Within two years, the agency expects all mainstream Web sites in the country will have domain names that end in the two Chinese characters for "China," rather than the .cn top-level domain. It also expects those domain names to become the most widely visited by Chinese Internet users.
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China expects domain names that end in Chinese characters to be mainstream in two years. The government recently deployed Internet domain names written in Chinese
China has pushed ahead with deploying Internet domain names written in Chinese as it urges action to standardize their use globally.
More than 300 million people in China now use the Internet, which puts it on pace to have the largest number of Internet users in the world this year.
Earlier statistics released by industry groups show an increase in global disputes over Web domain names.
China has solved most of the technical problems raised by Chinese-language domain names and is in the process of deploying them, said Zhang Jian, director of the international business department at the country's domain registration agency, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), in an interview Wednesday.
Within two years, the agency expects all mainstream Web sites in the country will have domain names that end in the two Chinese characters for "China," rather than the .cn top-level domain. It also expects those domain names to become the most widely visited by Chinese Internet users.
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Ecommerce Journal: Internet and e-commerce in Austria
August 19, 2009 - 12:00pm | author: kara deniz
Today, we are to talk about one of the Central European countries Austria, bordering Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country’s capital, Vienna, is one of the most wonderful cities in the world. The country has developed a high standard of living, and in 2008 was ranked 14th in the world for its Human Development Index. Austria has been a member of the United Nations since 1955, joined the EU in 1995, and is a founder of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). Austria also signed the Schengen Agreement in 1995, and adopted the European currency in 1999. We are to consider the Internet and e-commerce infrastructure in Austria to find what stage of development the country is currently on.
As for the broadband market, Internet access is typically represented by DSL and cable, with DSL sector, which rapidly overtook cable as the preferred access method, dominating on the market. There are 37 internet service providers in Austria. The leading cable ISP is UPC Austria, offering cable access under the Chello brand and also DSL access as Inode. The other main cable ISPs are Tele2, and Kabelsignal offering cable services in the area south of Vienna.
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Today, we are to talk about one of the Central European countries Austria, bordering Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country’s capital, Vienna, is one of the most wonderful cities in the world. The country has developed a high standard of living, and in 2008 was ranked 14th in the world for its Human Development Index. Austria has been a member of the United Nations since 1955, joined the EU in 1995, and is a founder of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). Austria also signed the Schengen Agreement in 1995, and adopted the European currency in 1999. We are to consider the Internet and e-commerce infrastructure in Austria to find what stage of development the country is currently on.
As for the broadband market, Internet access is typically represented by DSL and cable, with DSL sector, which rapidly overtook cable as the preferred access method, dominating on the market. There are 37 internet service providers in Austria. The leading cable ISP is UPC Austria, offering cable access under the Chello brand and also DSL access as Inode. The other main cable ISPs are Tele2, and Kabelsignal offering cable services in the area south of Vienna.
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DomainPulse.com: 13 Million .DE Domain Names Registered
August 19th, 2009 by David Goldstein
.DE, the country code Top Level domain (ccTLD) for Germany, passed the 13 million registration milestone on 18 August cementing its position for now as the ccTLD with the most registrations worldwide.
.CN (China) has been on a downward trend recently, possibly in part due to registration promotions over one year ago, has slipped back under the 13 million mark back into second position as we reported earlier this week.
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.DE, the country code Top Level domain (ccTLD) for Germany, passed the 13 million registration milestone on 18 August cementing its position for now as the ccTLD with the most registrations worldwide.
.CN (China) has been on a downward trend recently, possibly in part due to registration promotions over one year ago, has slipped back under the 13 million mark back into second position as we reported earlier this week.
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Services For The . Net: Dot NU Web Name TLD What A Price For A Countrywide Identity?
By Services For The . Net | Aug 16, 2009
The tiny Polynesian island nation of Niue is beginning to think it’s been had. Frankly, it’s clear they didn’t do their research before they did their deal.
Ironically, it seems the buyer hadn’t really done his, either. Anyone who has been inundated by advertisements for ‘global domains’ can easily understand that it’s a escalating business. The specter of purchasing a domain at a much better price than the more common ‘dot com’ or ‘dot net’ or ‘dot org’ is most attractive to most would-be entrepeneurs on restricted budgets. This niche’s market leader is most likely Global Domains International (GDI), which has no doubt put Western Samoa on the mental map of many a cybernaut. The key element in that deal is that the Western Samoan government granted the rights to GDI in return for a royalty for every domain sold.
Niue’s name is derived from the local language’s phrase for, “Look, a coconut!” It seems they should have used theirs more thoroughly before signing a domain deal with Bill Semich in 1998.
An American businessman whose former station was editor for a computer magazine, Semich recognized the potential value in the marketability of rare domains. Apparently finding the ‘nu’ extension an eye-catching letter arrangement, he signed a contract with the Niue government that gave him the exclusive rights to it.
It wasn’t a one-way deal. Semich assured free wireless access for all 2000 of Niue’s populace and he delivered, finishing the system of an island-wide set-up of translator towers in 2003. The country’s leaders surely felt they had provided their population with a service for the new century which would positively ensconce their place in island history.
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The tiny Polynesian island nation of Niue is beginning to think it’s been had. Frankly, it’s clear they didn’t do their research before they did their deal.
Ironically, it seems the buyer hadn’t really done his, either. Anyone who has been inundated by advertisements for ‘global domains’ can easily understand that it’s a escalating business. The specter of purchasing a domain at a much better price than the more common ‘dot com’ or ‘dot net’ or ‘dot org’ is most attractive to most would-be entrepeneurs on restricted budgets. This niche’s market leader is most likely Global Domains International (GDI), which has no doubt put Western Samoa on the mental map of many a cybernaut. The key element in that deal is that the Western Samoan government granted the rights to GDI in return for a royalty for every domain sold.
Niue’s name is derived from the local language’s phrase for, “Look, a coconut!” It seems they should have used theirs more thoroughly before signing a domain deal with Bill Semich in 1998.
An American businessman whose former station was editor for a computer magazine, Semich recognized the potential value in the marketability of rare domains. Apparently finding the ‘nu’ extension an eye-catching letter arrangement, he signed a contract with the Niue government that gave him the exclusive rights to it.
It wasn’t a one-way deal. Semich assured free wireless access for all 2000 of Niue’s populace and he delivered, finishing the system of an island-wide set-up of translator towers in 2003. The country’s leaders surely felt they had provided their population with a service for the new century which would positively ensconce their place in island history.
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PitchEngine: Innovative .dj domain website offers unique domain name opportunity
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08.14.2009 – Domain names are one of the most important elements of an online business. Choosing a relevant domain name can provide a form of brand which can be recognised instantly and help the website to prosper. Although there are several styles of top level domains such as the .com and .co.uk extensions, one which has become popular within the music and dj market is the domain extension .dj. With this in mind a leading domain name registration website offers a unique dj domain offering to disc jockeys which is proving to be very popular, the website is www.dj-domains.dj
This innovative website offers the ability to secure a dj domain name. This means that the domain name chosen will have the ending .dj instead of .com or .co.uk. Unlike many other generic top level domains, this one highlights the fact that the individual is a disc jockey simply by the reference to the .dj domain extension.
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08.14.2009 – Domain names are one of the most important elements of an online business. Choosing a relevant domain name can provide a form of brand which can be recognised instantly and help the website to prosper. Although there are several styles of top level domains such as the .com and .co.uk extensions, one which has become popular within the music and dj market is the domain extension .dj. With this in mind a leading domain name registration website offers a unique dj domain offering to disc jockeys which is proving to be very popular, the website is www.dj-domains.dj
This innovative website offers the ability to secure a dj domain name. This means that the domain name chosen will have the ending .dj instead of .com or .co.uk. Unlike many other generic top level domains, this one highlights the fact that the individual is a disc jockey simply by the reference to the .dj domain extension.
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Global by Design: The Branding of Country Codes: A list of “countryless” ccTLDs
Posted on August 16th, 2009 by John Yunker
A country code top-level-domains (ccTLD) has traditionally been used to signify a country-specific web site or resource, or simply to tell users where a given organization is located. For example, Russia’s leading search engine, Yandex, is hosted at www.yandex.ru and The Holy See hosts its site at www.vatican.va (.va = Vatican City).
Then along came the the marketing of .TV.
This ccTLD, owned by the island nation of Tuvalu, was licensed and packaged as the ultimate domain for any media property. And though the domain hasn’t exactly become as popular as .COM, a precedent had been set — ccTLDs weren’t just for country-specific properties anymore.
Then along came Delicio.us, a company that cleverly embedded the United States ccTLD into its brand name.
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A country code top-level-domains (ccTLD) has traditionally been used to signify a country-specific web site or resource, or simply to tell users where a given organization is located. For example, Russia’s leading search engine, Yandex, is hosted at www.yandex.ru and The Holy See hosts its site at www.vatican.va (.va = Vatican City).
Then along came the the marketing of .TV.
This ccTLD, owned by the island nation of Tuvalu, was licensed and packaged as the ultimate domain for any media property. And though the domain hasn’t exactly become as popular as .COM, a precedent had been set — ccTLDs weren’t just for country-specific properties anymore.
Then along came Delicio.us, a company that cleverly embedded the United States ccTLD into its brand name.
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Ecommerce Journal: Internet and e-commerce industry in Hong Kong
August 3, 2009 - 12:00pm | author: Petrony
The name of the country we are to talk about today is translated to English as "fragrant harbour". This romantic name originally described a small inlet (Little Hong Kong today) between the island of Ap Lei Chau and the south side of the island which later became known as Hong Kong. Officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a largely self-governing territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south. Today, Hong Kong is a global metropolitan and international financial centre, with a highly developed capitalist economy. We are to find what stage of ICT progress and e-commerce development the country is currently at.
Internet market in Hong Kong has been growing impetuously over the last several years. In the beginning of 2001, Hong Kong led the world broadband market, having the highest in the world growth rate for household broadband penetration. The boom was reflected by almost 5 million subscribers by 2005, or to be exact 4,878,713, that made up over 70% of the population that doubled the digits of 2000 data with 2,283,000 people connected, or 34% (internetworldstats.com). Nevertheless, the take up of broadband services got off to a slow start as only at the beginning there any serious embracing of the services offerings took place. As for the current data, year 2008 revealed almost the same with 2005 penetration rate.
As for the Internet Service Providers, the great number of them appeared in early 2000s as a big jump in issuing licenses was followed in 2000. So, by the year 2005 about 188 ISPs were accounted.
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The name of the country we are to talk about today is translated to English as "fragrant harbour". This romantic name originally described a small inlet (Little Hong Kong today) between the island of Ap Lei Chau and the south side of the island which later became known as Hong Kong. Officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a largely self-governing territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south. Today, Hong Kong is a global metropolitan and international financial centre, with a highly developed capitalist economy. We are to find what stage of ICT progress and e-commerce development the country is currently at.
Internet market in Hong Kong has been growing impetuously over the last several years. In the beginning of 2001, Hong Kong led the world broadband market, having the highest in the world growth rate for household broadband penetration. The boom was reflected by almost 5 million subscribers by 2005, or to be exact 4,878,713, that made up over 70% of the population that doubled the digits of 2000 data with 2,283,000 people connected, or 34% (internetworldstats.com). Nevertheless, the take up of broadband services got off to a slow start as only at the beginning there any serious embracing of the services offerings took place. As for the current data, year 2008 revealed almost the same with 2005 penetration rate.
As for the Internet Service Providers, the great number of them appeared in early 2000s as a big jump in issuing licenses was followed in 2000. So, by the year 2005 about 188 ISPs were accounted.
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KyleWilliams.com: .us ccTLD Domain Research
I have been curious how well the .us ccTLD has been growing, so I decided to do some research of my own. For most domains, it is easy to go to Google, type site:.com, and see approximately how many pages Google has indexed on the .com gTLD. However, this isn’t as simple with .us. The problem is, there are millions of pages indexed for each of the official state.us domains, and I did not want this data included in the end result. So I decided to start archiving my own data, by doing manual site: searches for each state, and subtracting that data from the total number of .us pages. This includes removing data from US territories, and the fed.us pages.
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DomainPulse.com: .DE Regains Number One ccTLD Ranking From .CN
August 16th, 2009 by David Goldstein
With .CN (China)’s official statistics for domain name registrations on a downward spiral, according to figures provided by CNNIC, .DE (Germany) has regained its position as the ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) registry with the most registrations.
Registrations for .CN have declined from an end-of-month peak of 14,082,553 in February 2009 to 12,545,589, a decline of approximately 1.5 million, as of the end of July. This appears to be a correction following a promotion where .CN domain names could be registered for one yuan for the twelve month period to December 31, 2008. With registrations coming up for renewal, many registrants may have decided not to renew their domain names.
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With .CN (China)’s official statistics for domain name registrations on a downward spiral, according to figures provided by CNNIC, .DE (Germany) has regained its position as the ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) registry with the most registrations.
Registrations for .CN have declined from an end-of-month peak of 14,082,553 in February 2009 to 12,545,589, a decline of approximately 1.5 million, as of the end of July. This appears to be a correction following a promotion where .CN domain names could be registered for one yuan for the twelve month period to December 31, 2008. With registrations coming up for renewal, many registrants may have decided not to renew their domain names.
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Ecommerce Journal: Internet and e-commerce industry in Venezuela
August 17, 2009 - 12:00pm | author: kara deniz
Venezuela is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America, that represents a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea. Venezuela is considered to be one of the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north, especially in the capital Caracas which is also one of the largest cities along with Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay, Barquisimeto and Ciudad Guayana. Today we are to find what the country’s broadband market and e-commerce infrastructure like.
As for the Internet penetration in Venezuela, it’s considerably lower than average for Latin America. Thus, according to the worldstats.com data related to the second quarter of 2008 Venezuela accounted 5,900,000 Internet subscribers occupying the sixth position far behind Brazil with 50,000,000 users taking the first place, Argentina with 16,000,000 and Colombia with 13,700,000, taking second and third places, respectively. Fourth and fifth place are taken by Peru and Chile, having the penetration levels that are slightly higher than Venezuela’s one.
As for the Internet usage growth, for the period of 2000-20008 it made up 607.7%, but anyway, it’s still lower than in other developed countries and made up just 25,5 % with 6,723,616 subscribers. Thus, for example, in 2000 it was just 950,000 users or only 4.1% of the population; by 2005 their number grew to 3,040,000, or 12.2 %.
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Venezuela is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America, that represents a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea. Venezuela is considered to be one of the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north, especially in the capital Caracas which is also one of the largest cities along with Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay, Barquisimeto and Ciudad Guayana. Today we are to find what the country’s broadband market and e-commerce infrastructure like.
As for the Internet penetration in Venezuela, it’s considerably lower than average for Latin America. Thus, according to the worldstats.com data related to the second quarter of 2008 Venezuela accounted 5,900,000 Internet subscribers occupying the sixth position far behind Brazil with 50,000,000 users taking the first place, Argentina with 16,000,000 and Colombia with 13,700,000, taking second and third places, respectively. Fourth and fifth place are taken by Peru and Chile, having the penetration levels that are slightly higher than Venezuela’s one.
As for the Internet usage growth, for the period of 2000-20008 it made up 607.7%, but anyway, it’s still lower than in other developed countries and made up just 25,5 % with 6,723,616 subscribers. Thus, for example, in 2000 it was just 950,000 users or only 4.1% of the population; by 2005 their number grew to 3,040,000, or 12.2 %.
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DomainNews.com: DNS.PT automates the domain registration on the .PT
[news release] DNS.PT is on the second phase of implementation of the Registry-Registrar Protocol which aims to expedite the registration of domains .PT by FCCN registrars agents, following the specifications of the EPP protocol (Extensible Provisioning Protocol).
The EPP protocol is an international standard that uses XML and contains commands of session control, search and modification of content.
The whole process of registering and managing domains is automated with a direct interaction between information systems of the registrars agents and FCCN (responsible for Portugal country code domain).
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The EPP protocol is an international standard that uses XML and contains commands of session control, search and modification of content.
The whole process of registering and managing domains is automated with a direct interaction between information systems of the registrars agents and FCCN (responsible for Portugal country code domain).
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Domain Superstar: Domain Name Statistics
by Joel Ohman
I certainly do not agree with everything that this article says in regards to choosing domain names but I did find some great domain name statistics mentioned. You can check out the full article by clicking here but here are some of my favorite pieces of domain name information that Preeti Pradhan of Smashing Magazine put together:
1. All 3 letter possibilities are gone on .com
2. All 4 letter words are depleted on .com
3. The most popular registered domain name length is 11 characters
4. There are 255,000+ domain names that are 32 characters or longer
5. All of the top 10,000 family names are registered as a domain name
6. The most common letter to start a domain with is S
7. More than 270,000 domains contain the sequence SEX
Top ccTLD Registries by Domain Name Base, 1st Quarter 2009
1. .cn (China)
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I certainly do not agree with everything that this article says in regards to choosing domain names but I did find some great domain name statistics mentioned. You can check out the full article by clicking here but here are some of my favorite pieces of domain name information that Preeti Pradhan of Smashing Magazine put together:
1. All 3 letter possibilities are gone on .com
2. All 4 letter words are depleted on .com
3. The most popular registered domain name length is 11 characters
4. There are 255,000+ domain names that are 32 characters or longer
5. All of the top 10,000 family names are registered as a domain name
6. The most common letter to start a domain with is S
7. More than 270,000 domains contain the sequence SEX
Top ccTLD Registries by Domain Name Base, 1st Quarter 2009
1. .cn (China)
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DomainNews.com: Change of Guard at InternetNZ
Monday, 03 August 2009
The recent election for president of InternetNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand), the body that oversees the .NZ domain name space, saw Frank March elected as the new president.
The previous president, Peter Macaulay, stood down prior to the election having served in the post from 2007 to 2009. Previously Macaulay held the Executive Director role from 2003 to 2005 and then as a served as a Councillor from 2005 to 2007.
There will be another changing of the guard at InternetNZ as Keith Davidson stepped down from his position as Executive Director when his contract expired at the 2009 AGM. He has agreed to continue working for InternetNZ in a part time contractor’s role with a focus on technical and international representation.
Newly-elected President Frank March says Macaulay’s contribution to InternetNZ has been invaluable, and thanks him for his efforts.
“Pete has been an instrumental part of InternetNZ's growth. He has worked for many years at the crux of developments in the Internet in New Zealand and, as President, led InternetNZ through a challenging period of structural change."
During Macaulay’s tenure as President the InternetNZ Group achieved charitable status and InternetNZ also formalised its relationship with ICANN – the global body responsible for managing the global assignment of domain names and IP addresses.
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The recent election for president of InternetNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand), the body that oversees the .NZ domain name space, saw Frank March elected as the new president.
The previous president, Peter Macaulay, stood down prior to the election having served in the post from 2007 to 2009. Previously Macaulay held the Executive Director role from 2003 to 2005 and then as a served as a Councillor from 2005 to 2007.
There will be another changing of the guard at InternetNZ as Keith Davidson stepped down from his position as Executive Director when his contract expired at the 2009 AGM. He has agreed to continue working for InternetNZ in a part time contractor’s role with a focus on technical and international representation.
Newly-elected President Frank March says Macaulay’s contribution to InternetNZ has been invaluable, and thanks him for his efforts.
“Pete has been an instrumental part of InternetNZ's growth. He has worked for many years at the crux of developments in the Internet in New Zealand and, as President, led InternetNZ through a challenging period of structural change."
During Macaulay’s tenure as President the InternetNZ Group achieved charitable status and InternetNZ also formalised its relationship with ICANN – the global body responsible for managing the global assignment of domain names and IP addresses.
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IBLS: INTERNET LAW - Registration Of “.cn” Domain Names In China
Alain Megias, IBLS
The registration of China Internet Domain Names (“CIDN”) under “.cn,” the two letter top level code for China, is conducted pursuant to the China Internet Domain Name Regulations promulgated on September 2002 by the Ministry of Information Industry (the “CIDN Regulations.”) There also exists a Dispute Resolution Policy regarding CIDN, issued by China Internet Network Information Center (“CNNIC”) (“the Dispute Resolution Policy.”)
The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry is responsible for the administration of the Internet domain names in China. Its major functions and responsibility include:
•Formulating the regulations and policies concerning the administration of the Internet domain names;
•Establishing the system for Top Level Domain (ccTLD) under “.cn” and Chinese domain names;
•Administering the registry of “.cn” and the Chinese domain names;
•Administering the operational institution of domain name root servers (i.e.: the servers that bear the function of root nodes in the domain name system), which sets up and operates the domain names root servers within the territory of the People’s Republic of China;
•Supervising and administering the service of domain name registration;
•Being in charge of the international coordination regarding to domain names.
On September 2002, the Ministry of Information Industry formulated the CIDN Regulations, which describe the registration process to be followed in order to register a CIDN in China.
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The registration of China Internet Domain Names (“CIDN”) under “.cn,” the two letter top level code for China, is conducted pursuant to the China Internet Domain Name Regulations promulgated on September 2002 by the Ministry of Information Industry (the “CIDN Regulations.”) There also exists a Dispute Resolution Policy regarding CIDN, issued by China Internet Network Information Center (“CNNIC”) (“the Dispute Resolution Policy.”)
The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry is responsible for the administration of the Internet domain names in China. Its major functions and responsibility include:
•Formulating the regulations and policies concerning the administration of the Internet domain names;
•Establishing the system for Top Level Domain (ccTLD) under “.cn” and Chinese domain names;
•Administering the registry of “.cn” and the Chinese domain names;
•Administering the operational institution of domain name root servers (i.e.: the servers that bear the function of root nodes in the domain name system), which sets up and operates the domain names root servers within the territory of the People’s Republic of China;
•Supervising and administering the service of domain name registration;
•Being in charge of the international coordination regarding to domain names.
On September 2002, the Ministry of Information Industry formulated the CIDN Regulations, which describe the registration process to be followed in order to register a CIDN in China.
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The Star Online: Special offer on .my domain names
Published: Monday August 3, 2009 MYT 3:36:00 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Register a .my domain name or renew a current one and you’ll get a 50% reduction on the fee. For renewals, the discount is applicable for a renewal period of one-year.
.my Domain Registry — the sole registrar and administrator for web addresses that end with .my in Malaysia — is running a promotional campaign.
Its fees now range between RM32 and RM120, depending on the type of .my domain name.
The campaign, which ends Sept 4, is offered in conjunction with the National ICT Month 2009 and the upcoming Aug 31 Merdeka Day celebration of Malaysia’s indepenence.
A .my domain name endows Malaysian businesses and individuals with brand identity on the Internet.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Register a .my domain name or renew a current one and you’ll get a 50% reduction on the fee. For renewals, the discount is applicable for a renewal period of one-year.
.my Domain Registry — the sole registrar and administrator for web addresses that end with .my in Malaysia — is running a promotional campaign.
Its fees now range between RM32 and RM120, depending on the type of .my domain name.
The campaign, which ends Sept 4, is offered in conjunction with the National ICT Month 2009 and the upcoming Aug 31 Merdeka Day celebration of Malaysia’s indepenence.
A .my domain name endows Malaysian businesses and individuals with brand identity on the Internet.
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More@ The Star Online
The Domains: Fraudulent Use Of Country Code Domains
2009 August 2
by MHB
As you know the most used country code domains, have grown exponentially, as users people in those countries are looking for information and to deal with products in their own country.
However a story in the Telegraph.co.uk highlight the a new problem of using country codes to trick people into thinking they are buying from a “local” business.
According to the story, up to 480,000 sites, representing approximately 6% of all .co.uk domains, which sell goods (rather than informational sites) are based outside the UK, but carry the co.uk domain name. Many of these sites are based in China but use co.uk as part of their domain name, fooling shoppers into thinking the company is UK-based.
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by MHB
As you know the most used country code domains, have grown exponentially, as users people in those countries are looking for information and to deal with products in their own country.
However a story in the Telegraph.co.uk highlight the a new problem of using country codes to trick people into thinking they are buying from a “local” business.
According to the story, up to 480,000 sites, representing approximately 6% of all .co.uk domains, which sell goods (rather than informational sites) are based outside the UK, but carry the co.uk domain name. Many of these sites are based in China but use co.uk as part of their domain name, fooling shoppers into thinking the company is UK-based.
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RobbieBirkner.info: .ME continues down the road of success
July 30, 2009
On July 16th 2009, .ME celebrated their first anniversary from “go live”. .ME, simply an amazing success story of a Top-Level-Domain. In just 1 year a ccTLD has nearly 300,000 Domains under management - speechless … How many TLDs worldwide can share a similar success story? How many of the highly anticipated new TLDs will be sharing a similar or same success story? Probably not too many …
The popularity and continued growth of .ME is a testament to the work of the Registry and the value of .ME as a truly personal TLD.
Some more interesting information about .ME:
•Top Five Countries: (Distribution by Registrant)
•United States
•United Kingdom
•Germany
•Canada
•Montenegro
Additional Facts:
•79% of all registered .ME Domains are active websites
•Over 560 .ME Domains in the top 1 Million ALEXA Ratings
•Already 6 .ME Domains in the top 10,000 with ALEXA
•Google has already indexed more than 8.3 Million .ME Pages
Organizations verse Individual Registrations:
•59% Organizations - Businesses are truly adopting .ME as well!
•41% Individuals
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On July 16th 2009, .ME celebrated their first anniversary from “go live”. .ME, simply an amazing success story of a Top-Level-Domain. In just 1 year a ccTLD has nearly 300,000 Domains under management - speechless … How many TLDs worldwide can share a similar success story? How many of the highly anticipated new TLDs will be sharing a similar or same success story? Probably not too many …
The popularity and continued growth of .ME is a testament to the work of the Registry and the value of .ME as a truly personal TLD.
Some more interesting information about .ME:
•Top Five Countries: (Distribution by Registrant)
•United States
•United Kingdom
•Germany
•Canada
•Montenegro
Additional Facts:
•79% of all registered .ME Domains are active websites
•Over 560 .ME Domains in the top 1 Million ALEXA Ratings
•Already 6 .ME Domains in the top 10,000 with ALEXA
•Google has already indexed more than 8.3 Million .ME Pages
Organizations verse Individual Registrations:
•59% Organizations - Businesses are truly adopting .ME as well!
•41% Individuals
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More@ RobbieBirkner.info
The Domains: Technical Problems Postpone The .CM LandRush
2009 July 31
by MHB
.The .cm domain name registry announced, today, that the landrush (first come, first served), domain registration for .cm domain names, originally due at 00:00 UTC tomorrow, has been postponed due to technical problems.
“”Unrelated to the widely reported cable fault affecting Internet access in West Africa at present, the .cm registry have cited technical difficulties with their root name servers. The .cm registry have currently postponed the launch until further notice, although it’s anticipated to be re-scheduled to 00:00 UTC on Tuesday 4th August 2009.”"
The .cm registry posted on its site:
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by MHB
.The .cm domain name registry announced, today, that the landrush (first come, first served), domain registration for .cm domain names, originally due at 00:00 UTC tomorrow, has been postponed due to technical problems.
“”Unrelated to the widely reported cable fault affecting Internet access in West Africa at present, the .cm registry have cited technical difficulties with their root name servers. The .cm registry have currently postponed the launch until further notice, although it’s anticipated to be re-scheduled to 00:00 UTC on Tuesday 4th August 2009.”"
The .cm registry posted on its site:
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Domain.com: What is a Top-Level Domain, Anyway?
July 31, 2009
You may have heard of the term top-level domain, often referred to as TLD, when talking about domain registration. The top-level domain is the .com or other extension that follows your individual domain. They fall into two categories – generic TLDs and country-specific TLDs. Currently there are just over 20 generic top-level domains (the most notable being .com, .net, .org, .gov, .edu, .biz) plus top-level domains for most countries.
What’s in a Domain Name?
A domain is broken into several parts, but it can be simplified to a great degree. Historically when talking about a website, you’d specify www.domain.com when telling someone your web address. However, with most web browsers are now improved to the point where if you simply type “domain.com” the website will resolve without a problem. Everything to the left of the TLD in a domain name is technically a subdomain. The “domain” in www.domain.com is a subdomain of the .com TLD, and the “www” is a subdomain of domain.com.
The domain name system in general can be a little confusing, but it’s much better than having to type in the IP address that the domain name represents. You’d end up typing 216.34.94.184 into your address bar to get to Domain.com without the domain name system. If you’re curious about more domain name system details, the Wikipedia page is a good place to start.
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You may have heard of the term top-level domain, often referred to as TLD, when talking about domain registration. The top-level domain is the .com or other extension that follows your individual domain. They fall into two categories – generic TLDs and country-specific TLDs. Currently there are just over 20 generic top-level domains (the most notable being .com, .net, .org, .gov, .edu, .biz) plus top-level domains for most countries.
What’s in a Domain Name?
A domain is broken into several parts, but it can be simplified to a great degree. Historically when talking about a website, you’d specify www.domain.com when telling someone your web address. However, with most web browsers are now improved to the point where if you simply type “domain.com” the website will resolve without a problem. Everything to the left of the TLD in a domain name is technically a subdomain. The “domain” in www.domain.com is a subdomain of the .com TLD, and the “www” is a subdomain of domain.com.
The domain name system in general can be a little confusing, but it’s much better than having to type in the IP address that the domain name represents. You’d end up typing 216.34.94.184 into your address bar to get to Domain.com without the domain name system. If you’re curious about more domain name system details, the Wikipedia page is a good place to start.
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