Domain names

Nearly 3 million .eu domain names

  • 8 April 2008
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The 2.8 million threshold for .eu domain names has been crossed. 81.714 (3%) .eu domain names have been attributed to Belgians, about 378.289 (13.5%) to Dutch people and over 870.000...

The landrush for .my domain names has started

  • 5 April 2008
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The landrush for domain names from Malaysia (.my) has started. Not only Malaysian companies can register a .my domain; any company conducting business in Asia can. The attribution happens according...

The landrush for numeric .nl domain names will be partially reorganized

  • 25 March 2008
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Following the investigation conducted by ISPconnect and an in-house investigation, the SIDN has decided to partially reorganize the landrush for numeric .nl domain names. The reason to this is that...

There are more .nl than .eu domain names

  • 21 March 2008
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At the present time, there are more .nl than .eu domain names. As a matter of fact, there are 2.824.391 .nl domain names versus 2.819.673 .eu domain names. This leap...

Almost 1.000.000 .es domain names

  • 21 March 2008
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Shortly, the millionth .es domain name will be registered. Spanish domain names have been liberalized in 2005 and have increased strongly since then. In 2004, there were barely 85.000 .es...

Investing in domain names more interesting than in real estate

  • 10 March 2008
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According to Domain Name Wire, investing in domain names is much more lucrative than investing in real estate for the following reasons: 1) domain names are unique: no two names...

ISPConnect is investigating the landrush of the numeric .NL domain names

  • 7 March 2008
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ISPConnect, the professional association of Dutch ISPs, has launched an investigation into the proceedings of the landrush for numeric .NL domain names. Several members doubt whether the landrush was conducted...

.cr domain names soon open to the public

  • 13 February 2008
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The registry of .cr (Costa Rica) domain names communicates that .cr domain names will soon be open to the public via a landrush. For the time being, the holders of...

Dispute resolution procedure concerning .nl domain names

  • 11 February 2008
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At the end of this month, SIDN (manager of the .nl domain names) will apply a dispute resolution procedure concerning Dutch domain names. The dispute resolution procedure that will come...

One million .FR domain names

  • 11 February 2008
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On January 11th, the millionth .fr domain name has been registered. Not an impressive number if one considers the total population of France. Numerous European countries with a similar total...

.asia domain names are a huge success

  • 11 February 2008
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During the sunrise period for .asia, no less than 30,000 domain names have been registered. The landrush (registration period open to the public) has been scheduled for February 20th. Do...

Typo-piracy: the main victims are children

  • 11 February 2008
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There are numerous good reasons to register the most possible variants of your domain name. One of them is a phenomenon called “typo-piracy”. A Dutch parents association has established that...