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.sy names now active

The .sy registry (Syria) has decided to start registering .sy names actively. Up until now, it was possible to register a name under the .sy domain, but those names were parked. This has changed now. If you now register a .sy name, you will be able to use this name actively. However, owners of a […]

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.mobi is growing quickly

The past year, dotMobi (the mobi registry) noted an enormous growth in the number of new registrations for the .mobi domain. At the beginning of 2008, there were only 150.000 .mobi names registered. Right now they’ve reached a number of 1.100.000 registrations. That’s a growht of nearly 700%. So it’s quite logic, the .mobi registry […]

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Splendid first quarter for .ie

During the first quarter of 2009, the .ie registry (Ireland) saw the highest number of new registrations ever. During the first 3 years of this year 9.781 new .ie domain names were registered. That’s a rise of 28% compared to the last quarter of 2008. 80% of those names were registered by sole traders and […]

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Spam and the environment

Spam is timeconsuming, costs lots of money and all those spam messages in your inbox are just annoying. You can try to minimize them by using a spamfilter but still there are some messages that manage to get into your mailbox. But this is old information. But what’s the impact of spam messages on the […]

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.tv is flooding

.tv is the extension of Tuvalu, an island in the Great Pacific situated Northeast of Australia. However the island seems to disappear slowly but surely. On the one hand is facing problems because of the rising sea level. Because of this it’s slowly sinking. And this ain’t good news given the fact that the highest […]

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Pre-registration period of .mx has started

As we reported before, the .mx registry was planning a new release of the .mx domain. This release started last Friday. On Friday May 1st the pre-registration period for .mx started. This period lasts 3 months and ends on July 31st. During this period only current owners of a Mexican domain name (for instance .com.mx, […]

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Also Minnesota wants to block ‘gambling’ domain names

A while ago, we already reported in detail about a lawsuit that took place in Kentucky. The governor of Kentucky seized 141 domain names which had something to do with gambling.  However the judge decided that the governor of Kentucky didn’t have any jurisdiction about domain names. You can read the complete ruling here. Despite […]

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Websites ending on .hk most dangerous

A study done by Toptechworld showed that websites ending on the .hk extension (Hong Kong) are the most dangerous to surf to. The study analyzed 10 million frequently visit sites in 265 countries. 19,2% of all websites ending on .hk were a security threat for the visitors of those websites. The .hk extension is followed […]

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Pre-register your .mx name right now

As we mentioned before, the pre-registration period for .mx names starts pretty soon. This phase starts on May 1st but as from today you can pre-register your .mx domain name. However during this pre-registration period there are some restrictions. Only the current owners of a Mexican domain name (for instance .com.mx, .net.mx,…) can register this […]

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18% more .nl names in 2008

Last year SIDN (.nl registry) registered a growth of 18% new registrations for the .nl domain. In 2008, 495.673 new .nl names were registered. At the end of 2008, the total amount of registered .nl domains was 3.191.127. Moreover, it turned out that the Netherlands have the highest domain name concentration in the world. Per […]

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