Search results for: “cctld”
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NexBloc announces two new dTLDs
After gTLDs (generic Top-level domains), nTLDs (new Top-level domains) and ccTLDs (country code Top-level domain), we have another TLD. This new TLD is called dTLD or decentralised Top-level Domain. More and more companies are adopting domain names based on the Blockchain. Amid this NexBloc has announced the launch of two new dTLDs as .nex and…
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Convesio’s Europe plan begins with this domain name
Convesio is a company that provides platform-as-a-service for managing WordPress sites. The company deploys WooCommerce shops, large-scale member sites, online live events, publisher websites, and eLearning providers. The company originally functions through the premium domain name Convesio.com. However, the company saw increased support from the European Markets. To build on that support, the Company has…
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Nigeria’s IT Development Agency’s green flag to .ng adoption policy
In a previous post we talked about the Nigerian Government’s new policy on the Government adoption of .ng domain names. The Government had announced that all Government officials in the Country would have to use domain names and emails that belong to .ng domain names. No third party domain names and email Ids would be…
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Top Chinese companies register new Chinese domain names
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) is the agency that administers the Chinese ccTLD .cn and .中国. The organization has announced that as many as 10 Companies among the top 500 companies have booked the domestic domain names. The list of bigshots that have done the registration includes the likes of Vivo, Xiaomi, Tencent…
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A new .toronto TLD on the way?
Is a new .toronto TLD going to launch? A recent entry to the Lobbyist registrar at the City’s official website does hint towards it. A report by blogTO, stated that the proposal for the launch of a new .toronto was under discussion by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA). CIRA is actually considering the launch…
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How a domain name, influenced the name eBay
If you are a human, living in the current times it is actually pretty difficult to not know eBay. The USA based multinational e-Commerce platform is a household name around the world today. But let me ask you a quick question. Do you know what e in eBay stands for? And no, it’s not electronic. …
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30th birthday for .si
We just entered the month of April. One quarter of 2022 has already gone friends. And the sad part is that it’s not even an April Fool joke. It’s the reality! Before you begin lamenting on it, here is something positive for you. 1st of April also marked another very important event. The domain name…
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.tw and .asia join hands to combat DNS Abuse
The registries operating the .tw ccTLD and .asia gTLD have joined hands to combat the issue of DNS Abuse. This is for the first time two registries of different TLDs have joined hands to tackle the issue. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was also present when The Taiwan Network Information Center…
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.ng domains gain slightly amid discounts
In a previous post we talked about the fall in the number of .ng domains. We also talked about how Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) had announced huge price cuts on .ng domains. It appears that the efforts of NiRA have bore results. NiRA has released their latest figures, for the performance of .ng in…
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Highlights from Sedo and InternetX’s Global Domain Report
InternetX and Sedo have jointly released the Global Domain Report. The report gives a figurative assessment of the performance of the domain name industry in 2021. The .com TLD maintained its dominance in the previous year. There were approximately 364.6 million domain names registered across all TLDs at the end of 2021. Out of this,…
