Eurid,the company behind .EU domain names,has recently released its Progress Report for the second quarter of 2012.The report shows that .eu domain name registrations grew by 7,6% year over year.This means one of the best annual growth in .eu domain registrations.
The reports also shows that :
- Lituania has the highest annual growth with a 30% increase of .eu domain name registrations comapred with the same quarter of 2011
- Malta has the second highest annual growth with a 29% increase
- Austria has the third highest annual growth with a 23% increase
- Registrations grew by over 10% in other six European countries : Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
“.eu has maintained healthy registration rates for the first six months of this year, a fact reinforced by the Q2 2012 results.I am heartened by this growth which shows that Europeans continue to want .eu domain names despite the economic and political crisis still affecting Europe,” said EURid’s General Manager, Marc Van Wesemael.
You can see the full report for Q2 2012 here .
Geo Future LLC has recently announce the first GEO.FUTR Geodomain Investor & Developer Conference .The conference is scheduled for the Fall of 2013.
The conference will focus on teaching attendees strategies and techniques for maximizing the value of geographic domains.The conference agenda,the speaker list and the venue have not yet been announced.However,it won’t be long until the organizers will announced all the other details.
You can submit a topic for presentation or speaker proposal by October 1,2012 .
You can read the press release after the jump :
“GEO.FUTR announces the first annual GEO.FUTR Geodomain & GeoTLD Investors and Operators Conference will be held in Fall 2013. Attendees will learn strategies, techniques and best practices for maximizing the value of GeoTLDs and Geographic domain names. Conference participants will benefit from the select networking opportunities made available only to conference participants.
“With the internet addressing space expanding into thousands of top level domains, a new world of possibilities has opened for Geodomain owners,” said Patrick Carleton, President and co-founder, GEO FUTURE LLC. “Finding and evaluating the paths that lead to value creation will be a major challenge for both established and new Geodomain entities. The conference agenda will be tailored to the specific issues and needs facing GeoTLD and Geographic domain name registries, owners, developers and partners.”
GEO.FUTR is for individuals and organizations involved in the management and growth of Geodomains. The conference will cater to registries, Geodomain and GeoTLD operators and investors, hotel, travel and tourism entities, municipalities and governments, brands and advertisers with local reach as well as digital professionals and service providers.
“The complexity of operating a sustainable Geodomain- based business is increasing significantly, and making personal connections in this evolving world will be critical to being successful in the new, multidimensional Geodomain landscape,” says Josh Metnick, Chairman of both Chicago.com, Inc. and dotChicago, Inc. and co-founder of GEO.FUTR.
The GEO.FUTR conference team has issued a call for proposals for presentations on desired topics including but not limited to: (a) Best practices in the operation of GeoTLDs (b) General and specific industry-related technology issues (c) Geodomain SEO (d) Mobile and social media strategy (e) Legal, regulatory, trademark & government compliance issues (f) GeoTLD and Geodomain development & investment trends and (g) Revenue maximization.
To submit a topic for presentation or speaker proposal, visit http://geofutr.com/speakers to complete the form. The submission deadline is October 1st, 2012.
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council’s WHOIS Survey Working Group (WSWG) invites the Internet community to participate in a survey designed around an inventory of WHOIS technical components. The survey aims to measure the level of support for various technical requirements outlined in the WHOIS Service Requirements Report , as requested of ICANN Staff by the GNSO Council.
The survey consists of 15 sections around 11 technical requirements, and it will be made available until 31 October 2012. Afterwards, the WSWG will produce a final report and deliver it to the GNSO Council toward the end of 2012. The report will describe the results of the survey and any agreed upon recommendations by the WG for the GNSO Council’s consideration concerning WHOIS. Survey attributes are as follows:
Survey Availability Date: 13 September 2012
Survey Address: https://limesurvey.icann.org/index.php?sid=71483&lang=en
Survey Close Date: 31 October 2012, 23:59 UTC
Survey Language: English only
PDF Preview of Survey: http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/whois-technical-requirements-survey-13sep12-en.pdf
The survey is lengthy and therefore the option has been made available to create an ID and return to the survey at a later time to complete it. The survey tool will save all answers completed from the time the survey was last accessed. It is important that if the participant leaves the survey before submission or creation of an ID, the session may time-out with increased of risk losing answers.
Many sections of this survey will require a high degree of technical skill around WHOIS. If the participant feels that they may not understand a question or not possess the technical knowledge to answer it appropriately, then the participant is welcome to skip the question and move on to the next one. If completing the survey for an organization, the participant may wish to engage more technical personnel to help complete all sections of the survey.
The WSWG appreciates your participation and the working group looks forward to sharing the final results with the community. Please feel free to inform others about the availability of this survey to assist the working group with maximum participation.
This announcement was sourced from :
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17sep12-en.htm
