Tokelau is the world’s largest country in Nominet’s 2019 ccTLD world map that shows country’s size relative to their domain name registrations, followed by China, Germany and the UK. The tiny island of Tokelau with a population of 1,500 and an area of 10 square kilometres dominates, with over 25 million domains registered. Its popularity…
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Domain Pulse 2020 Conference Going to Innsbruck To Gaze Into A Crystal Ball
The annual free domain name conference of the German-speaking world, Domain Pulse, is heading to the North Tyrolean Alps city of Innsbruck in Austria in February 2020 with the organisers looking towards the future, asking attendees to “gaze into the crystal ball together” with them. Day 1 is dedicated to the question of what future…
IANA Gets ‘Distinction’ In Customer Engagement Survey
ICANN this week published the results of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Customer Engagement Survey which measures customer satisfaction with the IANA functions. The overall score amongst all customer segments was 3.9 out of 5. In the 2019 IANA Customer Engagement Survey, customers were asked to rate the IANA team on 20 statements relating…
ICANN Publishes Updated Domain Name Marketplace Indicators
ICANN Tuesday announced the release of updated industry metrics as part of its Domain Name Marketplace Indicators initiative. The initiative presents statistics related to generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) with the aim of fostering greater transparency for reputable information on the evolution of the domain name marketplace. View the updated…
Following Supreme Court Decision, NIC Chile Receives Several Requests For .CL Registrant Data
Created with The GIMP Following a decision in October where the Chilean Supreme Court forced Chile’s ccTLD manager NIC Chile to release limited domain name registrant information, there have been 4 requests, and one subsequently withdrawn. In the first of 2 announcements [Spanish] on 5 December NIC Chile said they had received 4 new requests…