Why Domain Security Is Important?
A company's domain name is one of its most valuable assets. In fact, your domain reflects the online identity of your company. Unfortunately, if your domain is not properly protected and maintained, there are countless ways for it to fall victim to cybercriminals. Consider what could occur if even a single email from your company falls into the ...
What Is the Difference Between gTLDs and ccTLDs, and How Do I Choose?
There are two kinds of Top-Level Domains: generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) and country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) (ccTLDs). So, what's the distinction between gTLDs and ccTLDs? gTLDs stand for generic Top-Level Domains. gTLDs are not restricted to any geographic or country designation, as the term "generic" implies. It can be ...
The Conundrum of ccTLD Registrant Data Directory Services (RDDS)
ICANN has battled to address the issue of registration data accuracy and access by authorized third parties (historically referred to as Whois data). This brings to a significant concern regarding domain registration data: the need to protect the privacy rights of Registrants. The requirement for access to this data to stop domain ...
Dispute resolution for top-level domain names
The procedure for handling domain name disputes is unique.The complainant will need to submit distinct complaints to various domain name dispute resolution arbitrators, depending on the type of TLDs involved in the dispute.Three criteria are required for a gTLD dispute complaint to be upheld:(1) the domain name is “identical or confusingly ...
Which is better for SEO: a subdomain, subdirectory, or country code top-level domain (ccTLD)?
If you have content in different countries and want to send a strong signal to Google and other search engines about your worldwide content strategy, you might need a ccTLD. SEO Boosters - Search engines like ccTLDs When you use a ccTLD, you are telling Google that your company is targeting the country to which that extension is assigned. ...
Israel launches new IDN .ישראל
ISOC-IL, the Israeli domain name Registry operating the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) .IL, is soon to launch a new Internationalised Domain Name (IDN) ccTLD, .ישראל, which means “Israel” in Hebrew.As from 5 September 2022, anybody can register any .ישראל domain name. Registrations will be on a first come, first served ...
SEO for the World's Markets
Do you want to sell your products all over the world?Would you like to expand your brand’s reach beyond your country’s borders? Creating a ccTLD site for each country can boost your global SEO efforts!For example, if you want to sell your services beyond the United States and also want to target the France and Spain, you could set up the ...
Why Business Register a ccTLD Over .com Domain Name
A Domain extension forms an essential part of your website creation. One of the best decisions you can make is to choose a ccTLD (the country code top-level Domain) rather than a.com Domain Name. Why? The ccTLD is ideal for the people who want to run their local business or wish to target the local customers. A few of the wonderful ...
ccTLDs report of the First Quarter of 2022
Total country-code TLD domain name registrations were 133.4 million at the end of the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 6.0 million domain name registrations, or 4.7%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. ccTLDs increased by 3.1 million domain name registrations, or 2.4%, year-over-year.The top 10 ccTLDs, as of March 31, 2022, were .cn, ...
ICANN to help Togo improve its expertise in domain names
The ICANN will provide Togo a series of trainings ( include online courses, hands-on workshops, and webinars) to help their country code top-level (ccTLD) registry compete in the domain industry, since one of the ICANN's missions is to ensure a secure, stable and unified global Internet.