Sunrise for the new Tanzanian TLD .TZ!
1) 1st march 2022, will be open to trademark owners and those registrants already with third-level domains in our registry. This will run for four months until June 30th.
2) The second level registration will be open to public by 1st July 2022.
Ukraine asked ICANN to remove Russian domains from the internet
A letter sent to ICANN by Ukraine urges ICANN to permanently or temporarily revoke Russia’s top-level domains “.ru”, “.рф” and “.su”.On the plus side, such a sanction would cripple Russian economy, but on the minus side, it could cause Russia and others to look for ways to move away from the global internet of ICANN — and ...
Sunrise for the new Australian TLD .AU!
Beginning from March 24, the sunrise provides existing registrants in the .au registry with the first opportunity to apply for the .au direct match of their existing domain name. For example, the current registrant of best.com.au will have the first opportunity to register best.au. If you don’t apply for priority status, your matching .au ...
The importance of domain name watching
Using a domain name watching service will help you monitor core rights and design a defense strategy for prioritizing action. First, defines the domain names required for a consistent and effective online presence, as well as the decisions required to abandon obsolete registrations and acquire new ones. Then, sets out the business's future ...
Human ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit remain strong despite the disruptions caused by the pandemic
IP filing activity has grown during the global pandemic, even during the 2020 drop in worldwide economic growth. The strong uptake of international trademarks during 2021 shows how companies seized opportunities for introducing new goods and services as consumer demands shifted and the digitalization of economies accelerated amid the ...
Use existing dot com or use ccTLDs for International Sites? - marketing strategy
International expansion depends on marketing strategy When it comes to deciding whether to use your current dot com site or multiple ccTLDs to go international, it also depends a little bit on what your marketing goals are. If you want to really position these as like, we’re the real estate company for Canada for example, then you ...
Use existing dot com or use ccTLDs for International Sites? - SEO Considerations
SEO Considerations for Expanding to New Countries Building the site on a dot com is a viable approach, but ccTLDs might be preferable. For example, German consumers can be wary of buying anything non-German. This makes it difficult for companies with a non-German specific presence to compete. Not only do you have to prove you have better ...
Does Domain Extension Affect SEO? Here is what Google says
Can I rank internationally with a ccTLD? Can ccTLDs work for a global website? “The answer is yes. While a country code domain name helps our systems to geotarget for that country, it still allows for global visibility. The only limitation is that you can’t specify other countries for geotargeting. For example, if you have a .fr website ...
Swiss registry implements an active measure to fight fraudulent registrations
SWITCH, the registry for .CH (Switzerland) .LI (Liechtenstein), has implemented a deferred delegation system for new registrations in order to better protect Internet users from malware and phishing. If the registry suspects a registration is fraudulent, the domain name will be assigned, but SWITCH will prevent it from being added to the zone ...
TOP 10 LARGEST CCTLDs BY NUMBER OF REPORTED DOMAIN NAMES
Total ccTLD domain name registrations were 152.9 million at the end of the third quarter of 2021. The top 10 ccTLDs, as of Sept. 30, 2021, were .tk, .de, .cn, .uk, .nl, .ru, .br, .fr, .eu and .it. As of Sept. 30, 2021, there were 308 global ccTLD extensions delegated in the root zone, including IDNs, with the top 10 ccTLDs comprising 62.7% of ...