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We Interview an Internet Pioneer, Patricio Poblete of NIC CL (Chile)

Nic CL (.cl ccTLD) is a pioneer in the domain name space for South America. We interviewed Patricio Poblete, who has managed that ccTLD for almost 30 years now. Patricio sent one of the first emails from university to university … Continue reading

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An Interview with Abibu R. Ntahigiye, CEO of .tznic (Tanzania)

Last month I interviewed the CEO of TZNic, Abibu R. Ntahigiye. He manages the Tanzanian country-code Top Level Domain. I got to visit Tanzania for the Africa DNS Forum and was quite impressed at the industriousness of the country. Besides … Continue reading

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Domains – 1 | Hashtags – 0 | Hashtag Use Waning in Ads

I’ve always wondered why a company, big or small, would use a hashtag or a Facebook page as part of their advertisements. It doesn’t make sense. A domain name is the one digital brand asset that you have complete control … Continue reading

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Domain News and Views

Verisign Releases Domain Name Industry Brief 2016 ended with just under 330M domain name registrations across all top level domains (TLDs). That’s about a 2.3 million name increase over the previous quarter. Domains grew at a rate of 6.8 percent … Continue reading

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