An image of the notice of de-accreditation sent to Blue Gravity Inc. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet and domain governing body ICANN ( www.icann.org ) issued a notice on Wednesday that it had authorized the bulk transfers of customer domains from Blue Gravity Inc. and Moozooy Media Inc.

07|19|2010 10:09 am EDT .EE Doubles Amount of Registrations in Two Days by Frank Michlick in Categories: Registries , Up to the Minute , ccTLDs – 1 Comment Two days after the Estonian Registry operator, Eesti Internet, has gone live with their new registry system, they added another 1,329 new domains , effectively doubling the amount of active registrations. The new model of the registry for .EE domains is now based on selling domains through  accredited registrars instead of direct sales through the registry

Registrations of .IE (Ireland) domain names grew 2.2 per cent in the year to end March 2009 according to figures released last week by the IE Domain Registry (IEDR). While registrations for March totalled 3,686, the highest number recorded in a single month over the past year, and the total number of .IE domains now stands at over 141,000, the figures are low by international standards

The Internet again recorded an impressive growth during the first quarter of 2008, in terms of new domain name registrations.

According to VeriSign, Inc, the domain name registrations in the Q1 of 2008 were 14 million. Across all Generic Top Level

Domain Names (gTLDs), “.com” has the highest base. New “.com” and “.net” registrations have increased 12% in the first

quarter of 2008 over the same quarter of 2007.

14 million new domain names added for Q1 of 2008

There were 14 million new domain names registered in the first quarter of 2008.This is a 17% increase over the previous

quarter, and a 15% increase over the first quarter of 2007. It shows that more number of entities are steadily recognizing

Internet as an aid to help them stand out in the present day competition.

The total base of TLDs reaches 162 million

The total base of domain name registrations globally across all of the TLDs reached 162 million. This is a 26% increase over

the previous year, and a 6% increase over the fourth quarter of 2007. It means, when you go online, you have as many as 162

million websites to view. Increase in number of websites results in increased competition to appear in first position of

search results.

The “.com” and other domains

Among all the gTLDs and ccTLDs (country code top level domain names), the .com domain has the highest base. The other domain

names ranked next to .com are .de (Germany), .cn (China), .net, .uk, and .org. Other than these, the TLDs with the largest

base are .info, .nl (Netherlands), .eu (European Union) and .biz. The composition of the domain name industry and the rank

order in terms of base size was relatively consistent, since Q1 of 2007.

Increase of Internet in countries like China and India

Internet has recorded a healthy growth, in terms of domain name registrations in developing countries like India and China.

At the end of the first quarter of 2008, there were 1.2 million domain name registrations in India. This is a 46% increase

over the previous year. China’s ccTLD (.cn) is in third position among all the gTLDs and ccTLDs. These countries have much

more potential of contributing to the development of World Wide Web.

Businesses are increasingly using gTLDs as it appeals to global customers. With the increase in online businesses, social

media sites, and personal websites, domain name registrations is showing consistent growth. Increase in online population

could further lead to a steady growth in ccTLDs.

Responding to concerns on cybersquatting, the .ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna – the South African registry) has announced they will be introducing new regulations in 2010. “In .ZA, licensing regulations are expected to come into operation this year. The .ZA licensing regulations will allow Zadna to license the entities such as GOV.ZA and CO.ZA,” Vika Mpisane, general manager of ZADNA told SAPA.

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