Domain News
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.Com domain registrars, ranked
Here’s how domain registrars fared with .com in the most recent public data. ICANN has published the latest official data…
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.AI expired domain auction grosses over $425k, led by engage.ai
Dynadot’s monthly auction is a scorcher. Dynadot’s monthly .ai expired domain name auction, held in conjunction with the .ai registry,…
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ICANN meetings set for 2024: Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Türkiye
Board adds Türkiye to round out the 2024 meeting schedule. ICANN will hold the 2024 Annual General Meeting in Istanbul.…
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Did I find a murder weapon in a zone file?
Registrars are usually very reluctant to police the content of web sites by taking down domains they manage, but they…
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NIS2 is here – DNW Podcast #464
How NIS2 adds a burden on the domain name business. NIS2 is a European Union Directive that could impact domain…
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Law firm now zero for SEVEN in UDRP complaints
Another month, another reverse domain name hijacking loss for this law firm as it failed to win a UDRP complaint…
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ICANN drops the “man” from Ombudsman
ICANN is looking for a new “Ombuds”, having quietly dropped the “man” from Ombudsman following the resignation of Herb Waye.…
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Have your say on police domain takedown powers
The UK Parliament wants your input on a new proposed law that would give the police powers to take down…
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This stolen domain name lawsuit has a twist
Lawsuit doesn’t name the person who currently owns the domain name. The estate of a recently passed woman has sued…
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Most registrars are shunning ICANN’s new Whois system
Most of the largest domain registrars are not currently participating in ICANN’s new Registration Data Request Service, according to my…
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Google has now received take down notices on 5M unique domain names
TorrentFreak,com published an article on pirate domains and Google hitting a milestone. 5 million domain names! Since its records began,…
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Which countries love their ccTLDs — and which don’t?
It’s not a .com world in every country. Country code top level domains are used more often than .com in…
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DNS and HTTP(S) redirects – How do they work together?
In the world of websites and domain names, it is common to want to redirect the use of a domain…
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.FR: Increased unaided awareness among French VSEs and SMEs
In October 2023, Afnic, the French Association for Cooperative Internet Naming, which manages the .fr domain, carried out a survey…
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NamesCon ticket prices go up on Friday
Save money by getting your conference pass before Friday. NamesCon 2024 is still more than six months away, but you…