French domains: Sustained growth of the .FR ccTLD in 2023
The sustained growth of .FR domains in 2023 was a pleasant event, according to a report released by Afnic, Registry operators for the French ccTLD. Growth of .FR domains amounted to 3.4% annually, reaching a total of 801,427 domain names. In fact, additions were up 6.4% while deletions reached 7% hence the net growth rate […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hou la la! French domain .FR crossed 4 million registrations
The French may have lost the chance to win a second World Cup in a row but their national domain, dot .FR, is winning. More than 4 million .FR domain names are now registered, according to Afnic, operators of the French ccTLD. Between 12,000 and 16,000 new .FR domain names are registered every week, with […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .FR : #Afnic has a new president, Mr. Godefroy Beauvallet
Afnic, the French domain name registrar for dot .FR domains, has a new President, Mr. Godefroy Beauvallet. According to the announcement by Afnic: Godefroy Beauvallet succeeds Emmanuel Sartorius, who has been Chairman since 2013. In this role, Mr. Beauvallet will strive to promote Afnic and guide its action in the service of a secure and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Bonjour : Registrant of #French #domain will resist any government attempts to surrender it
After the recent fiasco with France.com, the domain registrants of other French domains are up in arms. Bonjour.com, is one such premium domain that emits the French culture and heritage, and thus, appears to be in danger. It was registered in 1995, according to WHOIS information provided by DomainTools. Tracy Fogarty, eNaming CEO and founder, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Le Figaro: French giant’s UDPR for Figaro.Club was denied
Le Figaro is a French giant in the media industry; their newspaper has been publishing a daily edition under the historic name LE FIGARO in France since the 1800’s. Not only do they own a bunch of trademarks, but these marks are strong, established and famous outside of France. It was therefore logical that they […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN headaches: French farmers oppose new gTLD dot .Cherry
The French producers of cherries are at war, and it’s not against GMO companies. Faced with a recent drop in cherry production, French farmers are now positioned against ICANN plans to launch a new pair of gTLDs, dot .Cherry and dot .Cherries. “It’s funny, I mean, no funny, but strange to see French produce of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.4XDomaining – Vive la France!
It iz very – how do you say – tres magnifique, to experiance ze domain in French, you know, dot .FR. Not because un ami parfait, Francois, operateur de la Domaining.com, merci bien. After research and impossibile effort, find domain expire called 4xdomaining.fr. Mon dieu, ce n’est pas possible! Expire domain, in .FR ccTLD tres […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Forget ‘Flappy Bird’: The French do it better, with Piou Piou
The drama over the frustratingly impossible to beat game, Flappy Bird, ended with its retraction from the online game stores where it had become the #1 free app. Its Vietnamese programmer, became overwhelmed over the notoriety the game acquired; while there are rumors that he allegedly made thousands of dollars per day from advertising, these […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domaining.com ticker to add .com, .net, .org links after registry complaints
Under pressure from both Verisign – owners of the .com and .net namespace – and PIR, managers of .org, the newly added ticker on Domaining.com will soon implement these additions. “I thought service for gTLD excellent idea, no? And show brand different than old, how we say in France, ancient, extension” said Domaining.com manager, Francois. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Francois: I own the trademark for Cyber Lundi!
Francois, the domain entrepreneur from the land of baguette, cheese and red wine, announced that he’s going after the so-called “Cyber Monday” users. “My company, I call, Cybertonic and for years I found abuse mark. Who Yankee use Cyber Lundi for my brand?” said Francois, while sipping on vanilla coffee at a Montmartre bistro. “This […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo intermittently down after publishing Prophet Mohammed cartoons
The French magazine Charlie Hebdo published several cartoons today, featuring a figure that looks like the Prophet Mohammed. Charlie Hebdo appears both in print and online. However, the Charlie Hebdo web site is currently facing database issues, as the following message appears quite often, when visiting CharlieHebdo.fr “Connection impossible Can’t connect to local MySQL server […]
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