October Digest: The Most Important Events on Info.NIC
Today we offer the October edition of the digest of the most interesting events in the domain industry and IT, published on Info.NIC.
Today we offer the August edition of our digest of the most interesting events in the domain industry and IT, published on Info.NIC.
Domain Name News
The number of websites at the beginning of October was 232.8 million.
According to Netcraft's monthly report, there were nearly 233 million websites online as of October 1st—232,839,963 to be exact. Compared to the data from a month earlier, the number of websites has increased by 5 million. As a reminder, at the beginning of September, the number of web resources online was 227 million.
New rules for registration in the .РФ domain zone will come into effect on November 11.
The Coordination Center for TLD RU has amended the Domain Registration Rules for the .РФ domain zone. These new rules will take effect on November 11, the first day of open registration for the .РФ domain.
A free hotline has been launched in Ukraine to address issues of trademark protection in domain names.
The Vlasnyk Patent Agency, together with NIC.UA, one of Ukraine's largest registrars, has launched a toll-free hotline for questions regarding trademark protection in domains. The hotline will provide comprehensive information on the priority registration of IDN (Cyrillic) domains com.ua/kiev.ua, which will begin on October 19, 2010, as well as information on the registration of the second-level domain .UA.
Iran received its national domain zone
ICANN announced the delegation of another national domain extension. Iran has received its Farsi-language domain, the non-Latin version of .iran.
The first Cyrillic domains for trademark owners have been registered at COM.UA and KIEV.UA.
On October 19, the registrar NIC.UA registered the first IDN domains in com.uaand kiev.ua under the priority procedure for trademark owners. These domainsbecame navigator.kiev.ua and meblyar.com.ua. In addition, the registrar also took care ofregistration of own domain names nik.com.ua and nik.kiev.ua based onown TM.
A Russian court has protected brands from squatters.
According to the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court, the registration and administration of a domain name similar to a trademark constitutes a violation of the rights to it.
The Sunrise period for the .SO domain zone will begin on November 1st.
The sunrise period for the .SO domain zone in the Republic of Somalia will begin on November 1 and last until the end of the month. The country's authorities decided to open registration for this domain zone back in April 2009, but open registration will only begin on March 1, 2011.
Italy's .IT domain surpasses 2 million registrations
There are more than 2 million domain names registered in the Italian .IT domain zone. The anniversary domain was delegated in mid-October.
McAfee has identified the most dangerous domain zones.
Antivirus company McAfee has identified the most dangerous domain extensions in the world. According to the McAfee report, the Chinese domain leads the world in terms of the number of dangerous websites – approximately 58% of websites in the .VN domain are infected with viruses. Some websites are even designed to distribute malware. Visiting such sites can lead to data loss, theft of private information from computers, and other problems.
The number of infected domains in Ukraine has decreased by 20%.
According to an analytical report by McAfee, the Ukrainian domain .UA ranked 45th on the list of dangerous domains. Last year, the Ukrainian domain ranked 36th, meaning that, according to McAfee's analysis, the Ukrainian internet has become cleaner and less infected with viruses.
RuNet is lobbying for the introduction of internet domains for major cities.
During the Russian Internet Week (RIW-2010) conference, the creation of the "Union for the Development of Geographical and Cultural-Linguistic Domains of Russia" movement was announced. This Union will provide full support for the initiative to introduce domains for major cities.
Articles, opinions and interviews
Hostmaster has initiated changes in the Ukrainian domain market.
As a result of the joint work of participants in the Ukrainian domain name registration market, the Hostmaster company presented the final version of the agreement with registrars regarding the rules for registering IDN domains in the COM.UA/KIEV.UA zones.
The domain history of Ukrainian Google: the next stage
Google Inc.'s comment on the legal dispute surrounding the google.ua domain.
September Domain Statistics: .COM.UA Returns to Leadership Position
According to statistics from Hostmaster, September was the best month in terms of the number of registrations in the last five months.
Nokia, the third-level domain, and new problems with domain delegation
Nokia has contacted the administration of the social network VKontakte regarding the seizure of the domain name Nokia.vkontakte.ru from its owners.
Vocus requested the domain name PRWEB.COM.UA.
The American company Vocus transferred the domain name PRWEB.COM.UA to it. This domain currently hosts a website for an online community of Ukrainian PR professionals and journalists.
The Sex.com domain will be sold for $13 million.
One of the most famous secondary domain deals will take place soon.
market. The domain name Sex.com will be sold for $13 million.
Is $13 million a fair price for Sex.com?
The price of the Sex.com domain name may not reflect the actual state of affairs.
