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VeriSign Issues Quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief; Overall Domain Name Registrations at 76.9M Nam
VeriSign Issues Quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief; Overall Domain Name Registrations at 76.9M Names
Global Registrations Rise Eight Percent Over Q4 2004; Growth Driven by Strong Global Economy, Growing Base of Internet Users, and online Advertising; China, Japan and South Korea Among Leaders in Worldwide Domain Registrations
Mountain View, CA. Â- June 7, 2004 - VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today released the VeriSign® Domain Name Industry Brief for the first quarter of 2005, underscoring key industry data for worldwide domain name activity. In all, worldwide domain name registrations reached a record high of 76.9 million domain names, which represents eight percent growth over the fourth quarter of 2004 and a 22 percent increase over the first quarter of 2004. Also today, VeriSign released the Domain Name Industry Brief Regional Report for Asia highlighting Internet usage and connectivity trends in AsiaÂ's three fastest growing countries for Internet services Â- China, Japan and South Korea.
http://www.internetadsales.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5759
Trash To Treasure
I bought a new domain! Woo Hoo! Thanks to KB for helping me out... I had thought of the name before, but he suggested it again and got me to agree to it. I will let all of you know...
http://www.adelle.net/archives/002350.php
.JOB Start-Up Period Now Through August 15
The new .JOBS domain name registration start-up period has begun and will run through August 15, 2005. .JOB FAQs here.
http://trademark.blog.us/blog/2005/06/20.html#a1801
Domain Name Registration, Revisited
This morning, I helped out a friend with some domains that she had recently registered. I was aghast to learn that she had registered those domains with Network Solutions. While all of my techie friends moved on to more reasonable...
http://www.geekbooks.com/blog/archives/000384.html
Net::DRI 0.12 (Default branch)
Net::DRI is a Perl library which offers a uniform
API to access services from domain name
registries, registrars, and resellers. It is an OO
framework that can be easily extended to handle
various protocols (such as RRP, EPP, or custom
protocols) and various transports methods (such as
TCP, TLS, SOAP, or email).
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This release adds support for two new
"registries": AFNIC (.FR) through Web services
(only domain check for now) and Gandi through Web
site (domain nameservers update only). A new way
to use a profile is also provided, allowing
multiple profiles to be handled at the same time
more easily.
http://freshmeat.net/releases/199812/
Net::DRI 0.12 (Default branch)
Net::DRI is a Perl library which offers a uniform
API to access services from domain name
registries, registrars, and resellers. It is an OO
framework that can be easily extended to handle
various protocols (such as RRP, EPP, or custom
protocols) and various transports methods (such as
TCP, TLS, SOAP, or email).
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This release adds support for two new
"registries": AFNIC (.FR) through Web services
(only domain check for now) and Gandi through Web
site (domain nameservers update only). A new way
to use a profile is also provided, allowing
multiple profiles to be handled at the same time
more easily.
http://freshmeat.net/releases/199812/
Expired contract stops anthrax cleanup of AMI building in Boca
Sun-sentinel.com - Fri Jun 10, 07:48 am GMT
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pami10jun10,0,7441478.story?coll=sfla-news-palm
Google's Patent Implications Plus Switching to a New Domain Without Losing Your Google Rankings
I've got a couple of great articles for you today, which just so happen to fit together nicely. The first is some information I've put together regarding Google's recent patent application, which was made public a few months ago. The second article is from our friend Scottie, who explains the necessary steps you'll need to take to avoid Google's aging delay when switching the domain name of an existing site. We hope you'll find this information useful!
http://www.highrankings.com/issue142.htm
FastDNS v3.7.1
FastDNS is a simple editor for the HOSTS file that allows you to add new domains so they can be resolved faster without the need for external DNS lookups. You can enter a domain name, and the program will resolve the IP address and add the entry to the HOSTS. You can also verify the list of entires and remove selected items as needed. It can also import Firefox/Netscape bookmarks. [94K] [Win98/ME/NT/2k/XP] [FREE] [SnapFiles]…
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