Europeans love ccTLDs
According to the Global Domain Report, the market share of ccTLDs among European countries amounts to 61%.
A long-standing trend based on historical-cultural reasons, which leads the European market to prefer national TLDs to locate their presence on the internet.
- Simone Catania
CZ.NIC publishes 2020 domain name statistics
Like many other ccTLDs, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided an increase to the number of domain names registered in the .CZ extension. According to CZ.NIC, the largest boost in 2020 being recorded during the periods March–June and October–December, which seem to coincide with the pandemic waves. Most of .CZ domains were held by ...
There is more to Belgium than chocolate
DNS Belgium published a market survey which showed that 2020 saw a substantial increase in the number of .BE domain name registrations. These changes are directly linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdowns that have prompted a shift to online pastimes and other e-business opportunities. The market survey also revealed that the profile ...
Change brings new life to .PT
The Registry of .PT (Portugal) has updated its registration rules on 2 February 2021, making register .PT domain names more accessible: The disappearance of a number of second level extensions, including .EDU.PT and ORG.PT, among others, leaving only .PT, .COM.PT and .GOV.PT. Two-character domain names no longer have special rules and will ...