Verisign is reporting that the number of .Com domain names in the active zone file exceeded the 112,000,000 Mark for the first time. The number of .com domain name registrations in the active zone crossed the 112 Million number today January 16th, 2014 The number of .net domain names in the active zone file is down slightly but still well over the 15 million domain name mark. … [Read more...]
Verisign Is Taking Back Expired Two Letter & Two Number .TV Domains
Verisign the registry for the .TV registry is apparently taking back any expired new Two letter (LL.TV) .TV domain names as well as any two numbered (NN>TV) domain names. Recently a domainer that had a back order on a two letter .Tv domain and a two numbered domain received this notice from Verisign: "Thank you for contacting Verisign Support. I reached out to our Operations team to … [Read more...]
Verisign Publishes Last Part Of Series On Possible Domain Collision: “SLD Blocking Is Too Risky Without TLD Rollback”
Verisign Published its final part of its 4 part series on domain collision and the new gTLD program entitled "SLD Blocking Is Too Risky Without TLD Rollback"on the final day of the ICANN Meeting in Argentina. Here it is: "ICANN’s second level domain (SLD) blocking proposal includes a provision that a party may demonstrate that an SLD not in the initial sample set could cause “severe harm,” … [Read more...]
265 Million Domains: We Asked What Happened To The Verisign Report & Tonight Verisign Answered With The Numbers
Earlier today we asked what happened to the Verisign Quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief that has been missing for 2013 and tonight Verisign answered us. In in a post on the company blog Verisign releasing an series of three infographics showing that current worldwide domain name registrations sit at 265 Million domains as of the end of the 3rd quarter of 2013, up from 252 million reported by … [Read more...]
What Happened To Verisign’s Quarterly Domain Name Industry Report?
Verisign which had been releasing a quarterly report on the domain name industry seems to be Missing in Action. The last Domain Name Industry Report was published for the quarter ending December 31, 2012. Verisign had been issuing quarterly reports containing the number of total domain names registrations with a break down ccTLD's has been a no show in 2013. Verisign's last … [Read more...]
Verisign Publishes 3rd Part of Four Part Series On Name Collisions
Verisign publishes the 3rd part of a new 4 part series on name collisions last night. "Blocking a second level domain (SLD) simply on the basis that it was queried for in a past sample set runs a significant risk of false positives. SLDs that could have been delegated safely may be excluded on quantitative evidence alone, limiting the value of the new gTLD until the status of the SLD can be … [Read more...]
Verisign Publishes 2nd Part of 4 Part Series On Why Domain Blocking Of New gTLD’s Isn’t Good Enough
Verisign just released the second in a four part series of why ICANN's effort to fix the potential collision issue caused by the release of new gTLD's, by blocking domain registrations, isn't good enough to fix the potential problems Here is the second post of the promised four part series: For several years, DNS-OARC has been collecting DNS query data “from busy and interesting DNS name … [Read more...]