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Adding ZONEMD Protections to the Root Zone The Domain Name System (DNS) root zone will soon be getting a new record type, called ZONEMD, to further ensure the security, stability, and resiliency of the global DNS in the face of emerging new approaches to DNS operation. While this change will be...

Adding ZONEMD Protections to the Root Zone The Domain Name System (DNS) root zone will soon be getting a new record type, called ZONEMD, to further ensure the security, stability, and resiliency of the global DNS in the face of emerging new approaches to DNS operation. While this change will be...

Verisign has announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. This follows a similar increase announced in 2022. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 after the increase and doesn't include ICANN's 18 cent fee. Ouch!! but...

Verisign has announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. This follows a similar increase announced in 2022. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 after the increase and doesn't include ICANN's 18 cent fee. Ouch!! but...

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results. Verisign ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with 173.8 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 0.2 percent increase from the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, and a net decrease of...

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results. Verisign ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with 173.8 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 0.2 percent increase from the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, and a net decrease of...

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released their Q3 2022 Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB). As of Sept. 30, 2022, the 10 largest TLDs by number of reported domain names were .com, .cn, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .nl, .ru, .br and .xyz From the report: The third quarter of 2022 closed with 349.9 million domain...

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released their Q3 2022 Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB). As of Sept. 30, 2022, the 10 largest TLDs by number of reported domain names were .com, .cn, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .nl, .ru, .br and .xyz From the report: The third quarter of 2022 closed with 349.9 million domain...

The traffic stats appear generally unreliable to help determine which domains are worth keeping, other than obviously the ones that actually produced earnings. The good news is that, for the domains I did recently cancel some domains (and did so before expiration). I see that, since my...

The second quarter of 2022 closed with 351.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, an increase of 1.0 million domain name registrations, or 0.3%, compared to the first quarter of 2022.1,2 Domain name registrations have increased by 10.4 million, or 3.0%, year over...

The second quarter of 2022 closed with 351.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, an increase of 1.0 million domain name registrations, or 0.3%, compared to the first quarter of 2022.1,2 Domain name registrations have increased by 10.4 million, or 3.0%, year over...

For most of the last decade, the strategy of Hollywood studios and content creators in combating piracy has been in securing the cooperation of Internet companies and related actors in the ecosystem. Earlier this year, MPA Chairman Charles Rivkin signaled a new level of cooperation with Google...

For most of the last decade, the strategy of Hollywood studios and content creators in combating piracy has been in securing the cooperation of Internet companies and related actors in the ecosystem. Earlier this year, MPA Chairman Charles Rivkin signaled a new level of cooperation with Google...

“Verisign serves as the registry for almost half of all domain name registrations,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to the company last spring. “The company is therefore uniquely positioned to help curb this illegal activity. Its failure to do so has served as a significant contributor to the...

“Verisign serves as the registry for almost half of all domain name registrations,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to the company last spring. “The company is therefore uniquely positioned to help curb this illegal activity. Its failure to do so has served as a significant contributor to the...

Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2022. 350.5 million names of which 174.7 million were .com and .net. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first quarter of 2022 closed with 350.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, an increase of 8.8 million...

Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2022. 350.5 million names of which 174.7 million were .com and .net. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first quarter of 2022 closed with 350.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, an increase of 8.8 million...

Something we all know about......but still an interesting read....for me anyway “A lot of the antitrust focus [in Washington] is on Google and Facebook, and Verisign goes under the radar with this money-printing business.” Zak Muscovitch, general counsel of the Internet Commerce Association...

Something we all know about......but still an interesting read....for me anyway “A lot of the antitrust focus [in Washington] is on Google and Facebook, and Verisign goes under the radar with this money-printing business.” Zak Muscovitch, general counsel of the Internet Commerce Association...

The .web Independent Review Process (IRP) Panel issued a Final Decision six months ago, in May 2021. Immediately thereafter, the claimant, Afilias Domains No. 3 Limited (now a shell entity known as AltaNovo Domains Limited), filed an application seeking reconsideration of the Final Decision...