Search results go dark in Argentina
An Argentine internet user claimed that ownership of the google.com.ar domain had expired last week, and since it was available, he had purchased it for around $3.85, resulting in the temporary shutdown of the search engine ending in ".ar."
Domain-population ratio
It is not surprising that the most populated countries like China or the United States have a large number of registered domains, but very small countries like Panama or the Cayman Islands benefit from their status as a popular offshore destination.
The case of .tk reaching the Top10 is one clear example.
- Simone Catania
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 ...