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Andorra Telecom, the registry operator for the ccTLD .AD in Andorra, has announced that .AD domain names will soon be available to all on a first-come, first-served basis. Domain names are currently restricted to the owners of business names registered in Andorra or holders of registered local...

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ICANN has a new website for the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Next Round Program! It covers everything from the history to the future aspects of the program. newgtldprogram.icann.org

The Premier League wants domain registrar GoDaddy to identify people connected to dozen of pirate sports streaming domains that broadcast live football matches. The information, including IP-addresses and payment information, could assist with enforcement efforts. In addition, the Premier League...

Adot.tech (a.xyz), a decentralized AI search engine company founded by a former engineer of Google’s core team, today announced the successful completion of its Pre-A round of financing, securing $3 million. To date, Adot has raised a total of $6 million. read more

.... Pick A Domain Name That Can Grow Mueller (Google) is right about picking a domain name that won’t lock your site into one topic. When a site grows in popularity the natural growth path is to expand the range of topics the site coves. But that’s hard to do when the domain is locked into one...

The ApeCoin community unanimously approved a proposal to register “.APE” as a new top-level domain (TLD) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the world’s authority on IP addresses and domain names. In line with ICANN’s plan to implement new generic top-level...

Afnic, the association responsible for a number of Internet Top Level Domains including .fr, published its annual Observatory on .fr activity in 2023 and analysis of market trends. The market share of .fr continued to grow in France in 2023, reaching 40.3% as against 39.4% in 2022. 801,427 new...

WIPO saw another record year in domain name dispute filings, administering nearly 6,200 complaints in 2023, an over 7% increase from 2022 and a 68% increase since the onset of the COVID pandemic. These case numbers show that the WIPO‑designed UDRP continues to be an important tool for brand...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has acknowledged that: “TLD operators face a challenging task of building consumer awareness and this can and may take significant time and effort.” In today’s ultra-competitive market a brand strategy and marketing plan are a...

This new system will provide a place to store, combine, and compare any metadata related to domain names. To begin with, the first module will include aggregated and non-aggregated data on DNS abuse concentrations as listed on a set of Reputation Block Lists (RBLs), similar to what DAAR had, but...

The latest CENTRstats TLD Market Report has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market, and includes analysis and predictions on the wider technological and...

In the past year, the ownership of the domain name ai.com has changed hands three times, with its latest buyer being Marques Keith Brownlee, also known as MKBHD—a surprise entry to the field of AI. Twitter read more

The Final Report specifically discusses the importance of creating early awareness with as many potential applicants around the world as possible. Based on this, the objectives of the communications plan are to: Heighten awareness of ICANN and the importance of the DNS Lay the foundation for a...

Reputation Block Lists (RBLs) serve as a common defense mechanism against harmful and unwanted Internet content. These lists contain the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, domain names, or full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of known spam sources, phishing pages, malicious sites, or other...

Google's John Mueller answers the question about domain age and any impact on search rankings. ... Here’s where SEOs misread the patent. This information is not used to rank “legitimate” domains. The registration data is used to find spam sites. Here’s what it says: read more (SEJ)

It has been six months since Netcraft first reported on abuse of the new .zip TLD, outlining the fraudulent activity we detected and blocked. Within weeks of its launch, Netcraft had detected many fresh .zip domain registrations designed to exploit confusion between the new TLD and the .zip file...

Starting today, .meme domains are available for registration as part of our Early Access Period (EAP) for an additional one-time fee. This fee decreases according to a daily schedule until December 5. On December 5 at 16:00 UTC, .meme domains will be publicly available at a base annual price...

... In response to Google’s enforcement efforts and other anti-piracy measures, some pirate sites regularly switch to new domain names. That can help to get these sites back into the search results, albeit temporarily, since progress often doesn’t last. This week, the search engine reached a...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has launched the Registration Data Request Service (RDRS). The RDRS is a new service that introduces a more consistent and standardized format to handle requests for access to nonpublic registration data related to generic top-level...