John DemcoMember Nominees Seek Shows of Support For CIRA Election – CIRA has published the statements of those seeking to be included on the Member’s Slate in the forthcoming CIRA Board of Directors election. To be included on the slate, a nominee must receive the support of at least 20 CIRA Members. Shows of Support may…
John Demco.NL and .ORG Reach Milestones – The Netherlands’ .nl domain has reached four million registrations, and the .org domain has achieved 8.5 million registrations. According to SIDN, the .nl registry, “in proportion to its population of 16 million, the Netherlands has the highest local domain name density in the world, with roughly one .nl domain…
John DemcoMember Nominations For 2010 CIRA Board Election Close Soon – CIRA has issued a call to its membership to submit nominations for the Members’ Slate of the 2010 CIRA Board of Directors election. Nominations are being accepted until Monday, August 16. Each nominee must receive at least 20 shows of support from CIRA Members in…
Webnames.ca StaffWhen I heard about .co I immediately groaned and said “not a faux .com domain”. Yes, I was skeptical. But I’ve had time to rethink that thought. When I started looking into .co and how they have positioned themselves in the marketplace I changed my mind. .co sees itself as an opportunity to get the…
John DemcoCIRA Announces Nomination Committee Candidates For Election – CIRA has announced the Nomination Committee slate for the 2010 CIRA Board of Directors election. The candidates selected by the committee are: Paul Andersen, Daniel Blanche, Gary Evans, John King, Martin Kratz, Rowena Liang, Louise Macdonald, and Brian Wentzell. The call for Member nominations commences on Tuesday,…
JuliannaThe Internet just got a little bigger today with .CO opening for general registration. Beginning at 11:00 AM Pacific Time, .CO registrations began rolling in fast and furious at Webnames.ca. A new domain launch is always exciting. For registrants it provides a rare opportunity to get truly premium domains – names that are memorable, dictionary…
John DemcoRoot Zone Signed – DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) has been enabled at the root zone as of July 15. The work was done by VeriSign and ICANN, working in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Commerce. DNSSEC supports the digital signing of DNS data, and the signing of the root zone together with the establishment…
John DemcoHere are notes on a number of topics from the ICANN meetings held in Brussels on June 20-25, 2010: .XXX Domain Application Moves Forward – Following ICANN’s 2007 rejection of ICM Registry’s application for the .xxx TLD, and after an Independent Review Panel issued a finding against ICANN, the ICANN Board resolved to accept the…
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca recently added new domain extensions to our roster! .TV, .CC and .WS. are now available for registration, transfer and renewal at Webnames.ca. .TV .TV domain names provide an instant association with video and rich media content. A .TV domain is the best way to announce that your site has video or other rich media,…
Cybele NegrisEvery few years a new domain extension is released to the market place. This year there is a new domain that is designed for businesses – .CO, which is associated globally with the word “company,” but can also represent corporations and commercial endeavors. With the similarity to .COM or .CA for that matter, .CO could…
John DemcoWorldwide Domain Name Registrations Surpass 193 Million – According to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, the first quarter of 2010 ended with more than 193 million domain names worldwide, an annual increase of 11 million registrations, or 6%. Registrations from the ccTLDs stood at 76.3 million, a 2.9% decrease for the…
John Demco.CA Registry Approves 2010-2011 Corporate Plan – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has posted its 2010-2011 Corporate Plan as approved by the CIRA Board on June 1. Among the major activities planned for the coming year are: rewriting the registry management system, hosting a Canadian Internet Governance Forum, and undertaking a Community Investment Program…
JuliannaIt is less than one week until the Targeted TRAFFIC Vancouver conference and the full schedule is now available online. The three day conference kicks off Tuesday, June 8th with opening remarks from Rick Latona at 11:00 am, then it’s straight into panels, networking and breakout sessions. Webnames.ca CEO Stephen Smith and Director John Demco…
John DemcoHere is a selection of recent domain-related items: Neustar, the .us domain registry operator, is proposing to make one- and two-character .us domain names available. It also proposes to launch a .us URL shortener service, and to expand the marketing of .kids.us. New proposals for a Bulgarian TLD name in Cyrillic are being discussed. The…
Webnames.ca StaffSince the release of .Tel last year, many people have asked “what can I do with my .Tel name”? There are many great ways you can use it, but here’s a new development that got me excited. Telnic recently released a string of code to easily integrate .Tel on your website using iFrames. An iFrame…
