August Digest: The Most Important Events on Info.NIC
Today we present the August edition of our digest of the most interesting events in the domain industry and IT, published on Info.NIC.
Domain Name News
Facebook wins dispute over Facebook.me domain name
Facebook has won the dispute over the Facebook.me domain. Its previous owners put it up for sale for $2,000.
The number of domains in the .Com and .Net zones has exceeded 100 million.
A report from VeriSign stated that the total number of registered domain names in the .COM and .NET zones exceeded 101 million in the second quarter of 2010. Thus, the number of domains in the two most popular domain zones has crossed the 100 million mark.
The domain RF.com was purchased for $60,000.
The domain name .RF.com was sold for $60,000. This information was published on the website DnJournal. This domain ranked second among the most expensive domains sold last week and first among IDN domains.
ICANN Accelerates .XXX Domain Launch
The ICANN Council adopted a resolution that will allow ICM Registry to move closer to launching registrations in the .XXX domain zone. However, analysts note that the launch of registrations is not imminent; many organizational and technological issues still need to be resolved.
One of the longest-running domain disputes in the RuNet has been resolved.
Following a lengthy legal battle, Forbes was able to obtain the domain name forbes.ru. This domain previously belonged to Landmark VIP Service LLC. The Russian version of Forbes, the largest publishing house, was located at www.forbesrussia.ru.
Chinese zone is losing domains
The number of domains registered in the Chinese domain zone has decreased by almost a million in two months, according to data from CNNIC, the administrator of the CN domain.
The total number of websites at the beginning of August was 213.5 million.
According to Netcraft's monthly report, as of August 1, 2010, there were more than 213 million websites online. Apache and Microsoft were the most popular servers used to host websites.
Verisign prepares to sell one- and two-character domains in the .NET zone.
Verisign, the administrator of the .COM and .NET domains, is asking ICANN to allow the sale of one- and two-character names in the .NET domain zone.
Kazakhstan also wants its own Cyrillic domain zone
The Ministry of Communications and Information of Kazakhstan has submitted an application to ICANN to register the .КАЗ domain extension. This domain extension is intended for registering names using characters from the Kazakh alphabet.
There are 2.8 million names in the .RU domain zone.
The .RU domain coordination center analyzed some RuNet statistics and found that in the second quarter of 2010, there was an increase in domains and content in demand.
African countries want to get their own domain
The African Union member countries are establishing a special coordination center, DotAfrica, whose task will be to obtain and manage the .africa domain extension. The launch of the new domain extension will facilitate business development on the African continent and the development of the internet as a whole.
Job search websites can be registered in the .JOBS domain zone.
ICANN has amended its rules for registering the .JOBS domain extension. These rules now allow only websites dedicated to job searches to be registered in this domain extension.
Iceland's .IS domain surpasses 30,000 subscribers
The number of domains registered in Iceland's .IS domain zone has exceeded 30,000. This number may seem small, but for a small country, this milestone is quite significant.
Israel joins the country code domain program
The Israel Internet Organization announced the start of pre-registration of Hebrew domain names.
Articles, opinions and interviews
Go Ogle: "We remind Google Inc. that their actions in Ukraine fall under the law on corruption."
In their interview, the owners of the google.ua domain discuss their future actions in this high-profile domain dispute.
Go Ogle LLC's PR campaign is built on Google Inc's mistakes
In August, Go Ogle, the owner of the google.ua domain, was featured in numerous publications. This PR campaign exploited mistakes made by Google Inc.
"Vacation Season" in the Registration Market
July registrar statistics showed a lull in the market
The .CO domain extension: .COM has a competitor.
The .CO domain zone is gaining momentum.
In July, Uanet lost almost 4,500 domains.
July was one of the worst months in the Uanet domain registration market.
