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June 30, 2020Extensions in the spotlights

10th birthday of .co

It’s time to celebrate! The .co extension was released 10 years ago. And what a journey it has been. Once starting with only 28.000 registered .co domain names and now over 2,2 million domains under .co extension worldwide. So what’s so interesting about it?

June 26, 2020News

EURid and Brexit: time schedule

On February 1, 2020 the United Kingdom has left the European Union. Until December 31, 2020 the UK and the EU have entered a so called ‘transition period’. During this transition period UK citizens and residents can still register domain names under the .eu domain. However this will change from January 1, 2021.

June 26, 2020News

Corona disrupts release .gay extension

On February 10, 2020, the long-awaited release of .gay started. Normally, the different phases of .gay would be completed between February and May 2020. However, the Corona virus put a stop to this.

June 18, 2020About us

bNamed now also offers forwarding via anycast

At first sight, webforwarding is only a small cog in the large machine that keeps your website online. It seems insignificant, but for many users, it is a very crucial part in order to make sure the website can be reached.

June 9, 2020News

World’s youngest country releases its own extension

The youngest country in the world, South Sudan, has launched the release of its own domain name extension. From now on you can request your name under the third level extensions .com.ss, .net.ss, .biz.ss and .me.ss.

June 3, 2020News

Expired Sectigo certificate causes problems

On May 30th 2020 the certificate of “AddTrust External CA Root” expired. This certificate was 20 years old and had been used by Comodo/Sectigo to sign the certificates they sold. While it had already been replaced a long time ago, it was still being included by Sectigo in the certificate chain, because it added support […]

May 25, 2020News

Google keeps .meet to itself

Schedule meetings through your own .meet domain name? Bump into the partner of your dreams online through a .meet site? Unfortunately, Google Registry puts a stop to this.

May 18, 2020Extensions in the spotlights

Short and sweet with .link and .click

There are lots of nice extensions you can get started with to ensure your domain name sticks. Have you ever thought of .link and .click? Discover whether these extensions are for you and register them extra cheaply.

May 15, 2020News

SSL certificates soon only valid for 1 year

A while ago, Safari (Apple’s browser) put a bomb under the validity of SSL certificates. From September 1st 2020, Safari will no longer accept SSL certificates with a validity of more than 1 year, issued after September 1st 2020.

May 14, 2020Extensions in the spotlights

Get started with .cyou

The sunrise for the .cyou extension will start on May 14, 2020. Do you want to position yourself as an innovative brand or creative thinker? Do you want to reach younger audiences in an original way? Then a domain name registration under .cyou is a step in the right direction.