Google will soon treat the Colombian extension, .co, as a generic extension (gTLDs) rather than as a country extension (ccTLD). Normally Google mainly makes sure that a ccTLD is highly ranked in the country where the ccTLD stands for. If someone in Colombia is searching for some information about a particular topic through Google, Google […]
Read more >Recenlty CNNIC (Chinese registry) has been sending e-mails to the owners of .cn domain names. Those e-mails are meant to verify the identity of the owner of each domain name. The e-mails contain a so called ‘confirmation link’ which needs to be activated within 15 days by clicking on it. CNNIC has already confirmed that […]
Read more >The general availability of the .co-extension (Colombia) starts today. This means that from now on, everyone who wishes to do so can register a domain name under this extension. Applications will be treated on a first come, first served basis. Due to the huge resemblance with the .com extension, this domain is very popular with […]
Read more >The landrush for the .co-extension (Colombia) which started on June 21st has been extended until July 16th. Normally the landrush would have ended on July 13th but this phase has now been extended with 3 days. During this landrush, everyone who wishes to do so, can register a domain name under the .co extension. All […]
Read more >The release of the .ee-extension (Estonia) really started today. The technical problems which the registry was facing the past few days have now been resolved and now they can start with processing the applications for .ee domain name registrations. As mentioned before, the severe restrictions which applied for .ee-registrations are lifted and from now on […]
Read more >Normally the Estonian registry would have started the liberalisation of the .ee-domain on July 5th. However at the moment the registry is facing a technical problem causing not all registrars to have equivalent access to the registration system of the registry. Until this problem is resolved, the registry switches back to a system of pre-registrations. […]
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