System makes it easier for registrars to interact with registries that have multiple top level domains. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,570,141 (pdf) to Afilias (now part of Identity Digital) for Coordinating ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign has taken action against COVID-related domains
· Policy & LawDomain name registry has taken action against domain names based on law enforcement requests. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, has taken action against some domain names related to COVID-19. In a blog post ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Donuts moves its registry to AWS
· ServicesTop level domain company migrates backend to the cloud. Top level domain name company Donuts announced today that it has migrated its backend registry from on-premises backend infrastructure to the cloud. The company migrated to Amazon's AWS and ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.Blog jumps from Nominet to CentralNic
· ServicesCentralNic wins another registry contract. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is switching backend registry providers for its .blog top level domain name. The company has used Nominet since the launch but will switch to CentralNic (London ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New TLDs, five years in
· UncategorizedIt was five years ago this month that the first domains under the new top level domain (nTLD) program started rolling out to consumers. The first Latin script general availability domains came out in early February 2014. Remember .guru? ... Continue Reading40 Comments
VeriSign Swings to Profit in Q3, Domain Name Base up 6%
· ServicesVeriSign reports earnings and domain growth. VeriSign, which manages the registry for .com and .net domain names, reported a profitable third quarter. The company earned $53.6 million in the quarter, compared to a loss of $201.1 million in the same ... Continue Reading3 Comments
No Wildcarding for New Top Level Domain Names
· Policy & LawICANN says 'no' to wildcards. Registries that are awarded new top level domain names will be prohibited from wildcarding unregistered domains, based on the latest version of ICANN's applicant guidebook. The new registration agreement reads: For ... Continue Reading19 Comments