Domain names

Yesterday, the 12 millionth .de domain name has been registered. According to DENIC, the instance that manages the German ccTLD, this confirms that .de domain names are the Germans’ first...

Let’s take a dip into the history of Internet for a moment. The first domain name was registered in 1985. The first DNS was indeed launched in 1984 and in...

The 2.8 million threshold for .eu domain names has been crossed. 81.714 (3%) .eu domain names have been attributed to Belgians, about 378.289 (13.5%) to Dutch people and over 870.000...

The landrush for domain names from Malaysia (.my) has started. Not only Malaysian companies can register a .my domain; any company conducting business in Asia can. The attribution happens according...

Following the investigation conducted by ISPconnect and an in-house investigation, the SIDN has decided to partially reorganize the landrush for numeric .nl domain names. The reason to this is that...

At the present time, there are more .nl than .eu domain names. As a matter of fact, there are 2.824.391 .nl domain names versus 2.819.673 .eu domain names. This leap...

Shortly, the millionth .es domain name will be registered. Spanish domain names have been liberalized in 2005 and have increased strongly since then. In 2004, there were barely 85.000 .es...

ISPConnect (the association of Dutch professional hosting companies), of which COMBELL is also a member, has divulged the results of its survey. At the request of its members, the association...

According to Domain Name Wire, investing in domain names is much more lucrative than investing in real estate for the following reasons: 1) domain names are unique: no two names...

ISPConnect, the professional association of Dutch ISPs, has launched an investigation into the proceedings of the landrush for numeric .NL domain names. Several members doubt whether the landrush was conducted...

The registry of .cr (Costa Rica) domain names communicates that .cr domain names will soon be open to the public via a landrush. For the time being, the holders of...

At the end of this month, SIDN (manager of the .nl domain names) will apply a dispute resolution procedure concerning Dutch domain names. The dispute resolution procedure that will come...