Domainmonster.com Editorials
25-Jan-2012
Confused about IPv6 records? Let us explain...
IPv6 is one of the buzz phrases of 2012. The new Internet protocol, which has been brewing in the industry for a long time is finally ready to make its presence felt. After a successful test on a number of sites on world IPv6 day last year, analysts insisted the technology was...
19-Jan-2012
Choosing your Domain Name
You’ve decided to create a website, you know what it will be about and you may have even started writing the content. But what will you call your site? Choosing a domain name
16-Jan-2012
A Closer Look at ICANN's New Top Level Domain Application Program
The new TLD application system or TAS is lengthy and expensive. Simply registering for the TAS costs $5000 with the remaining $180,000 payable upon submission of the application. It is therefore essential that the decision to apply for a new top level domain should be the re...
01-Dec-2011
Visa Use .me Domain Name for New Digital Wallet
V.me is now the new online destination for Visa's digital wallet and global acceptance mark, as announced by the .me registry and Visa. V.me is intended as a new service from Visa to let you shop without sharing card account information with the seller when paying. B...
10-Nov-2011
Nominet Goes Online with The Domain Business
Today Nominet is launching their first edition of The Domain Business, bringing statistics on .uk usage to life in a new and interesting way! The Domain Business is a new evolution of the Domain Name Industry...
09-Nov-2011
Africa Gears Up for .Africa Application
With under 2 months to go until the grand opening of the ICANN application window for New TLDs, organisations, charities and even countries are gearing up for a potentially long battle to get their chosen string to the right of the dot. Currently there are only 21 gT...
02-Nov-2011
.XXX Sunrise Domain Applications Far Exceed Estimates
With the Sunrise period drawing to a close on the 31st October, the ICM Registry have had a chance to take stock on the number of applications received during the initial stage of launch. Yesterday, the Registry put out a press release revealing the total number of application...
27-Oct-2011
Blackberry Creators RIM Sued Over BBX Product
It hasn’t been a great month for the company behind Blackberry, what with a huge number of data services going down across the UK and Europe, and receiving a lot of grief on Twitter while they scrambled to fix the issue. Now it seems they’ve landed themselves in the middle of ...
26-Oct-2011
CentralNIC Launches Exclusive New TLDs for the Wealthy
It’s no longer big news that various capital cities, large corporations and sponsored communities are now applying for their own New TLDs, however it seems that CentralNIC are hoping that they can appeal to a different set of customers altogether. The registry, who are...
25-Oct-2011
.IN Surpasses 1 Million Registrations
October 2011 marks the month that .IN surpassed the one million registration mark. The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) published the statistics, stating that the 1 million registrations included the second level