No, you cannot register *Tru.MP domains, says the .MP Registry
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Albania : Dot .AL ccTLD domains exceed 20,000 registrations
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DENIC : Germany and .DE domains celebrate 30 years on the Internet
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain investor’s ingenious trick to register .CA domains
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ORG vs The Pirate Bay : Copyright Alliance calls the PIR Registry “hypocritical”
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.30 years on the Internet : The Dutch ccTLD .NL
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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain flags : Country ccTLDs that went live in the 1990’s
Last week we shared the country ccTLDs that were allocated in the 1980’s, the pre-commercial days of the Internet. As the use of the Internet expanded beyond the academic cycles, more countries around the world jumped in, claiming their national two-letter domain. In the 1990’s, the list of countries staking their “domain flags” into the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain flags : Country ccTLDs that went live in the 1980’s
With dot .com celebrating its 31st anniversary with Symbolics.com yesterday, it’s about time to dig into the domain name history overall. The first ccTLD domains were allocated in the 1980’s and one of them predated the registration date of .com. Dot .US was the first country TLD ever to be allocated, on February 15th, 1985. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cayman Islands opens up .KY domains with the help of Uniregistry
As of yesterday, anyone can register a Cayman Islands domain name ending in .KY. September 2nd marks the beginning of a new era for the .ky ccTLD, aspiring to become a magnet to businesses already local, or those aspiring to become part of the Cayman Islands’ folklore. The dot .ky ccTLD is now available the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.B.MW : Domain hack leads to UDRP by German automaker
BMW cars are among the world’s most reliable; the German automaker formed in Munich in 1916, almost 100 years ago. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG filed a UDRP against the owner of the domain name, B.MW – a ccTLD from the African nation of Malawi. The Respondent is a Japanese company, Living By Blue CO, Ltd. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Pirate Bay loses Armenian ccTLD domain dot .am
For the past few years, The Pirate Bay has been hopping from one ccTLD to the next. After being exiled from the Swedish ccTLD dot .SE, the folks behind the largest database of torrents related to pirated material moved on to more exotic destinations. In May, a “Hydra” logo was unveiled, along with the announcement […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Page Howe : Los Angeles residents should get a .LA domain
Domain investor Page Howe has been an early adopter of new gTLDs; a year after the Internet name space expanded to hundreds of new extensions, Howe is working on a different kind of brand. As the Chief Engagement Officer of dot .LA domain ccTLD that serves as a brand and locale indicator, Page is promoting […]
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