John Demco
Worldwide Domain Registrations Climb To More Than 153 Million In 2007 – According to VeriSign’s quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief, at the close of 2007 there were more than 153 million domain name registrations worldwide, a 27% annual increase. The number of .com and .net domain names surpassed 80 million, a 24% increase; and ccTLD registrations grew to 58 million, a 33% increase from 2006. The largest TLDs are .com, .de, .net, .cn, .uk and .org.
CIRA Announces 2008 Board Elections and Annual General Meeting – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced that its 2008 Board of Directors election will commence with a call for nominations on May 1, and will conclude with online voting from September 18-25. CIRA’s Annual General Meeting will take place in Vancouver on September 10.
Picks To Click
- Bank Julius Baer has dropped its Wikileaks.org lawsuit, after a court had reversed the injunction originally obtained by the bank.
- Japan’s .jp domain reaches one million registrations.
- ICANN’s GNSO Council solicits public comments on its draft motion to curb domain tasting.
- From DomainNameWire, five ways domain names are better than real estate, and vice versa.
Timeline
- Wed, Mar 12: .asia domain landrush ends
- Wed, Mar 26: .asia domain first-come-first-served registrations begin
- Fri, Mar 28: last day for comments on draft motion to curb domain tasting
- Tue, Apr 15: last day for applications to the ICANN Nominating Comittee
- Thu, May 1: nominations open for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Sun, Jun 22 – Fri, Jun 27: ICANN meetings in Paris, France
- Wed, Sep 10: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Vancouver
- Thu, Sep 18 – Thu, Sep 25: voting period for CIRA Board of Directors election