Domain petition : Need only 99,998 more signatures to drop .US nexus requirements

Posted by DomainGang on September 29, 2017, at 1:02 pm

The dot .US Registry, operated by Neustar, is the official country code top-level domain (ccTLD) provider for the United States of America. Dot .US is also the first allocated ccTLD, ever. Restrictions to .US domain registrations include US citizenship or residency and other “nexus” rules: Who can register a .US domain? Any U.S. citizen or […]

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Domain flags : Albania (.AL), country of Albanian domainers

Posted by DomainGang on August 29, 2017, at 12:27 am

We’ve rolled out Domain Flags, an informative coverage of national ccTLD domains. Yesterday, it was all about Afghanistan. Continuing with Albania, the country of Albanian domainers. The matching national domain of Albania is .AL and it was secured on April 21, 1992. Albanian domain investors are proud of their culture and history, and if you are […]

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Domain flags : Afghanistan (.AF), country of Afghani domainers

Posted by DomainGang on August 27, 2017, at 11:23 pm

We’re rolling out Domain Flags, an informative coverage of national ccTLD domains. The alphabetical list begins with Afghanistan, the country of Afghani domainers. The matching national domain of Afghanistan is .AF and it was secured on October 16, 1997. Afghani domain investors are proud of their heritage, and if you are a domainer from Afghanistan, […]

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End-users : Is your dream domain taken?

Posted by DomainGang on August 2, 2017, at 1:38 pm

If you have a dream domain, the odds of it been taken already, are quite high. Most .com domains that are words existing in a formal English dictionary are long gone, and so are two word .com composites with a positive, brandable meaning. That leaves non-domainers, often known as “end users,” with a difficult task […]

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Domain drainage : Best use for an .IT domain name?

Posted by DomainGang on June 20, 2017, at 9:59 am

Ah, bella Italia. While Mike Berkens is currently visiting the Italian peninsula, we’re stuck dealing with Italy’s ccTLD, dot .IT, instead. The Italian national ccTLD was allocated in 1987, and it’s been used primarily by Italians, and very proudly so. As the ccTLD is also an English word, there are plenty of opportunities for forming […]

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Government of Venezuela seizes all non-ccTLD domains

Posted by DomainGang on April 20, 2017, at 4:57 pm

As of this morning, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is seizing all domain names that don’t end in the country’s ccTLD, dot .VE. Juan Ramon Chingalo, manager of the IT Servicios Publicos de Venezuela, stated (translated from Spanish) : “The Venezuelan government wishes to end the capitalist oppression by America and other […]

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No, you cannot register *Tru.MP domains, says the .MP Registry

Posted by DomainGang on December 17, 2016, at 8:34 am

The Northern Mariana islands in the Pacific are in a loose commonwealth relationship with the US. If you cannot find them on the map, look harder; the Japanese launched their attack against Guam from there, in 1941. These days, less than 60,000 people live on the Northern Marianas, and their online presence is affirmed by […]

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Albania : Dot .AL ccTLD domains exceed 20,000 registrations

Posted by DomainGang on November 11, 2016, at 11:03 am

Albania, one of the smallest nations in Europe in terms of population, has crossed a domain name milestone. As a country of 2.8 million (2016 estimate) it has a small Internet community, and naturally, domain registration use. The Albanian ccTLD, dot .AL, was allocated on April 21, 1992. Domain registrations, however, began much later. As […]

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DENIC : Germany and .DE domains celebrate 30 years on the Internet

Posted by DomainGang on November 6, 2016, at 9:42 pm

Germany celebrated its 30th anniversary on the Internet. It was the 10th country to secure its national ccTLD. On November 5, 1986, the country code .DE (ccTLD) became registered with the IANA, enabling the beginning of the Internet in Germany (Deutschland.) DENIC, current managers of the .DE ccTLD, did not assume control right away. According […]

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Domain investor’s ingenious trick to register .CA domains

Posted by DomainGang on June 29, 2016, at 6:41 pm

If you’re not a Canadian, forget about registering a .CA domain, eh. Hundreds of domain investors to the north of America’s borders enjoy the privilege of getting hold of the .CA extension, whenever they want. Some of the biggest domain sales reported by DNJournal in 2016, have been in the .CA extension; the lucrative ccTLD […]

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ORG vs The Pirate Bay : Copyright Alliance calls the PIR Registry “hypocritical”

Posted by DomainGang on June 6, 2016, at 11:54 am

The Pirate Bay, a long term host of torrent links to content that, for the most part, violates many a copyright, has returned to its domain roots. After a journey that took the pirate organization’s domain through a series of ccTLD domains, including dot .SE, it’s back to .ORG. ThePirateBay.org is the current, active home […]

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30 years on the Internet : The Dutch ccTLD .NL

Posted by DomainGang on April 25, 2016, at 10:13 am

Today’s the 30th anniversary of dot .NL, the national ccTLD of The Netherlands. The Dutch ccTLD went live on April 25th, 1986. Piet Beertema, of Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica (CWI) registered the first Dutch domain, CWI.nl. You can find more information about the anniversary of dot .NL in a CWI article. Which other country ccTLDs […]

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