I’m pleased to announce a new country codes map, this one devoted to the 27 members of the European Union.
The ccTLDs are sized according to population and to the side is a list of the top 17 ccTLDs by number of registrations.
Germany leads the list of course. I also included .EU, [...]
Last week I wrote about the coming of IDNs (internationalized domain names).
But IDNs aren’t the only new country codes to keep your eyes on.
There is also the occasional new Latin-based ccTLD.
Like .IC.
The Canary Islands is looking to get a country code to raise its visibility.
That, and also to [...]
It’s now November the 16th in Asia, which means the “Fast Track” has begun.
Here’s the process:
The Fast Track process is only for ccTLDs and only for those countries with non-Latin official languages.
So if you qualify, get your application ready — that and your $26,000 fee.
So now that the media hype over internationalized domain names (IDNs) has died down, let’s focus on the messy details of what this all means.
First of all, we’re not about to see the non-Latin equivalent of .com anytime soon. Certainly not next year. There are several reason for this which I will cover [...]
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