The Pirate Bay leaves .SE behind for North Korean ccTLD
The “pirates” of The Pirate Bay are on the move again. After hopping around between various ccTLDs thanks to the efforts of anti-piracy and government agencies, The Pirate Bay found temporary solace in Sweden. You can bid goodbye to the Swedish .SE ccTLD however, as a raid by the Swedish authorities resulted in the confiscation […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Start-up shocker: Do you still support .io domains after reading this?
A great investigative article at GIGAOM unveils “The dark side of .io” – the article reveals how the only benefactor from the registration of dot .io domains, is the British government. Making earnings from a “shady Cold War land deal“, the article describes the formation of the British Indian Ocean Territory, part of which is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Neustar ups pricing of dot .US domains on July 1st
Those of you that put faith in the good old American ccTLD, dot .US, better take notice. Neustar, the .US registry, has scheduled a price increase for these domains on July 1st. The prices go up by 50 cents, both for registrations and renewals. Most domain registrars will increase the price of dot .US domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Nigerians favor .com over the national ccTLD dot .NG
According to data coming from the Nigeria Communication Week, corporations in Nigeria don’t use their .NG domains, if they own the .com already. Despite efforts by the local authorities to promote .NG domains by corporations and businesses, the cost of changing from an existing TLD such as dot .com prohibits quick adoption of the ccTLD. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Romanian domainers seek blood as .RO annual fees about to change
In the country made famous by Vlad the Impaler, inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, there is at least one thing surprisingly progressive: in Romania, domain registrations carry no annual fee. Twenty-four years since the Romanian Revolution of 1989, there are fears that a change in this extraordinary policy might cause the registrants of 700,000 .RO […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ethiopia holds key to shortest “Internet” domain
Domain entrepreneurs are very inventive folks, always looking for alternative ways to display and monetize their ingenuity. A demonstration of such a ‘strike of genius’ can be seen in the use of a series of “domain hacks” – shorthands that form words or phrases by combining the top level domain with the TLD or ccTLD. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ccTLD failure: Kim Dotcom’s Me.ga plan falls through
Kim Dotcom, the illustrious mega-pirate free on bail while pending extradition from New Zealand to the US, announced his plans to relaunch the Megaupload empire using the domain hack Me.ga, and apparently thought he had a concrete plan. The .GA ccTLD of the African country of Gabon offered Kim Dotcom the opportunity to use a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.4 Billion spam posts later, CCTLDS.com relaunches
Yet another Rick Latona “baby” changed hands and is now available again! CCTLDS.com which focuses on the niche market of – surprise, surprise – ccTLDs is back in operation. The forum has changed ownership and it’s open again, according to an email sent out to its members: The Global Domain Community focusing on Country Code […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TRAFFIC Dublin: Dominatrix and more kinky domains
Rick Latona and the TRAFFIC crew are gearing up for Dublin – the domainer event is only ten days away. Meanwhile, back at his blog, Rick has been releasing part of the auction portfolio of domains daily – none of which is eurotrash. No pigeon droppings in Dublin either, although the city has a large […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Exclusive – Brand New Policies for Registrations of Country TLDs go into effect in 2010
The recent policy change by China to require business presence for the registrants of .cn domains has spawned speculations that ICANN is preparing an onslaught of policy changes with regards to the registration of ccTLDs. According to some sources, all such policy changes will go into effect some time in early 2010 and active registrants […]
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