Category Archives: ICANN

Anything Related to the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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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The Real Story on “The Internet Give-away”

The story of the Internet becoming a bit more independent is not a bad one. The United States isn’t really losing anything here. I’ll try to explain and will post a press release that  the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names … Continue reading

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Pledges to Protect a Free and Open Internet

I got to see Secretary Pritzker’s speech and I liked what I heard.  I know there are other free countries in the world but ICANN has always listened as best they could.  There are countries that are limiting Internet access … Continue reading

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Domain Name News and Info Resources

A good friend of mine asked me for a list of favorite domain name news sources.  I’ve decided that this is post-worthy!  There are several places to get news about the domain name industry that I like to frequent. They … Continue reading

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