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> <channel><title>Global by Design &#187; Domain names</title> <atom:link href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/category/domain-names/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com</link> <description>Adventures in web and mobile globalization</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:34 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>What the heck is an IDN and why you should care</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/16/what-the-heck-is-an-idn-and-why-you-should-care/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/16/what-the-heck-is-an-idn-and-why-you-should-care/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:04:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global By Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global navigation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UX Magazine]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5180</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Here&#8217;s a new article I&#8217;ve written for UX Magazine on the emergence of internationalized domain names (IDNs). I view IDNs as an inevitable (albeit awkward) evolution of the Internet. And here are the previous two articles I&#8217;ve written for UX Magazine: Select &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/16/what-the-heck-is-an-idn-and-why-you-should-care/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/16/what-the-heck-is-an-idn-and-why-you-should-care/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Country code wallpaper for your iPhone</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/04/27/country-code-wallpaper-for-your-iphone/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/04/27/country-code-wallpaper-for-your-iphone/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:15:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2008/03/27/country-code-wallpaper-for-your-iphone/</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI realize I&#8217;m a bit obsessed with country codes. It&#8217;s a sickness, I know. After I created the Country Codes of the World map, I began looking at other platforms for the design. And since I own an iPhone, I &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/04/27/country-code-wallpaper-for-your-iphone/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/04/27/country-code-wallpaper-for-your-iphone/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Where is China&#8217;s fast-track IDN?</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:11:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1922</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet In January of this year, ICANN announced that four fast-track IDNs had made it through linguistic approval &#8212; effectively clearing the way for commercialization. Oddly missing from that list was China&#8217;s IDN. One of the reasons ICANN initiated a &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The world&#8217;s most dangerous country codes</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-worlds-most-dangerous-country-codes-2/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-worlds-most-dangerous-country-codes-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:51:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2577</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet If you want to know the world&#8217;s most dangersous ccTLDs, ask an anti-virus software company. McAfee has released its list of most dangerous country codes. Here are the top five: Cameroon (.cm) PR of China (.cn) Samoa (.ws) Philippines &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-worlds-most-dangerous-country-codes-2/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-worlds-most-dangerous-country-codes-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A fantast.ic new country code</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/19/new-country-codes/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/19/new-country-codes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:18:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2369</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetLast week I wrote about the coming of IDNs (internationalized domain names). But IDNs aren&#8217;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 &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/19/new-country-codes/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/19/new-country-codes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>.YU we hardly knew you</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/09/24/yu-we-hardly-knew-you/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/09/24/yu-we-hardly-knew-you/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:31:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2168</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet It&#8217;s funny how top-level domain names (TLDs) outlast the countries they represent. In 2007 I wrote about the end of .YU (Yugoslavia), though it didn&#8217;t exactly go away back then. Stephane Gelder writes that the TLD for Yugoslavia expires &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/09/24/yu-we-hardly-knew-you/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/09/24/yu-we-hardly-knew-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bit.ly is leaving Libya for the islands</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/09/10/is-bit-ly-leaving-libya/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/09/10/is-bit-ly-leaving-libya/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:29:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bit.ly]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2118</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet So Bit.ly has launched an even shorter URL: J.mp. You can&#8217;t get any shorter than this, at least not until we see single-digital TLDs. I can&#8217;t help but wonder if this new URL is a sign that Bit.ly is &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/09/10/is-bit-ly-leaving-libya/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/09/10/is-bit-ly-leaving-libya/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WordPress launches wp.me</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/27/wp-me/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/27/wp-me/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:20:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2009</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetAnother day, another URL shortener. Only this one I think will be around a lot longer than many that are out there. That&#8217;s because it&#8217;s supported by WordPress. It&#8217;s also the world&#8217;s first two-letter Montenegro (.me) domain. Even though I &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/27/wp-me/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/27/wp-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Chinese domain name bubble bursts</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/18/chinese-domain-name/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/18/chinese-domain-name/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:42:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2046</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetNearly one year ago, I asked Will .CN become the next .COM? And perhaps I was right in more ways than one. Because now it appears that .CN is experiencing its very own .COM bust. Just a year ago Chinese &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/18/chinese-domain-name/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/18/chinese-domain-name/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Branding of Country Codes: A list of &#8220;countryless&#8221; ccTLDs</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/16/the-branding-of-country-codes-a-list-of-countryless-cctlds/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/16/the-branding-of-country-codes-a-list-of-countryless-cctlds/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:41:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2014</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet A country code top-level-domains (ccTLD) has traditionally been used to signify a country-specific web site or resource, or simply to tell users where a given organization is located. For example, Russia&#8217;s leading search engine, Yandex, is hosted at www.yandex.ru &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/16/the-branding-of-country-codes-a-list-of-countryless-cctlds/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/16/the-branding-of-country-codes-a-list-of-countryless-cctlds/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What does Libya have in common with Twitter? Ask Bit.ly</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/08/libya-bitly/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/08/libya-bitly/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:15:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bit.ly]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1752</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Bit.ly, the URL shortener now used by Twitter, is not the first company to craft its name out of a county code top-level domain (ccTLD). But Bit.ly does appear to be the first company to do so with the &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/08/libya-bitly/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/08/libya-bitly/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>.EU to offer Greek and Cyrillic support</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/07/04/eu-greek-and-cyrillic/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/07/04/eu-greek-and-cyrillic/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:59:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1820</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetThe European Commission has announced that it will begin supporting domain registration in Greek and Cyrillic characters. This will allow for support of all 23 official EU languages. The EC hasn&#8217;t announced when registrations will be possible. I took a &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/07/04/eu-greek-and-cyrillic/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/07/04/eu-greek-and-cyrillic/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Twitter Domain Rush: Don&#8217;t Get &#8220;Twit-jacked&#8221;</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/27/twitter-domain-twit-jacked/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/27/twitter-domain-twit-jacked/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:13:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1749</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetMy previous post on Twitter got me thinking about what other companies had registered language-specific domains for their Twitter accounts. Turns out, most companies haven&#8217;t even registered Twitter accounts for their primary brands. Like who? Apple, for one. Here we &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/27/twitter-domain-twit-jacked/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/27/twitter-domain-twit-jacked/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twitter and Web Globalization</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/20/twitter-and-web-globalization/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/20/twitter-and-web-globalization/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 03:36:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1693</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet ICANN recently launched its own Twitter feed. And since ICANN is a global organization, it launched more than one language feed &#8212; one in English and one in Spanish. http://twitter.com/icann_en http://twitter.com/icann_es This is not the most scalable solution. And &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/20/twitter-and-web-globalization/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/20/twitter-and-web-globalization/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Want to buy the number 8?</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/14/want-to-buy-the-number-8/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/14/want-to-buy-the-number-8/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:57:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1683</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Someone is promoting the sale of a Chinese domain name, shown here. Technically, this domain is represented over the Internet as http://www.xn--45q.ws, which is the ASCII equivalent of the Chinese character &#8212; the DNS is still ASCII-only. In China, &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/14/want-to-buy-the-number-8/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/05/14/want-to-buy-the-number-8/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Per capita, Netherlands is the world&#8217;s ccTLD leader</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/04/29/netherlands-cctld/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/04/29/netherlands-cctld/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:01:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1647</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetThe Netherlands, a country with just 16 million people, accounts for more than 3 million ccTLDs. That&#8217;s an impressive ratio of people to domains &#8212; one ccTLD per 5.3 people &#8212; and it the highest ratio of any country with &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/04/29/netherlands-cctld/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/04/29/netherlands-cctld/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How many TLDs are there?</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/03/03/how-many-tlds/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/03/03/how-many-tlds/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:53:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1569</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI love this visual, via ICANN, a diagram of the world&#8217;s top-level domains (TLDs) &#8212; all 280 of them. The overwhelming majority of TLDs are country codes, most of which are included in the poster I published about a year &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/03/03/how-many-tlds/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/03/03/how-many-tlds/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is .NYC the next 212? Or is it the next .LA?</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/02/17/is-nyc-the-next-212-or-is-it-the-next-la/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/02/17/is-nyc-the-next-212-or-is-it-the-next-la/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:24:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1538</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetSo it&#8217;s looking like .NYC may indeed come to fruition. It certainly has its proponents. Paris and Berlin are also pursuing their own domains. But the reason I see .NYC gaining traction is that the proposed registrar dotNYC is promising &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/02/17/is-nyc-the-next-212-or-is-it-the-next-la/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/02/17/is-nyc-the-next-212-or-is-it-the-next-la/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>.EU: Three years and three million registrations</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/01/13/eu-three-years-later-and-three-million-registrations/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/01/13/eu-three-years-later-and-three-million-registrations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:07:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1501</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetIt&#8217;s been nearly three years since .EU went live. Stephane reports that the domain reached 3 million registrations today. Not too bad, considering that .US is still well under two million. So who&#8217;s using this domain? Amazon is using it &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/01/13/eu-three-years-later-and-three-million-registrations/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/01/13/eu-three-years-later-and-three-million-registrations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>IDNs get on the fast track</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2008/12/04/inds-get-on-the-fast-track/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2008/12/04/inds-get-on-the-fast-track/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:42:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1393</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetSo with the &#8220;father of Internet&#8221; and chief Internet evangelist at Google, Vinton Cerf, chairing the latest IDNA working group and ICANN issuing a fast track PDF document, it appears that we&#8217;re really truly absolutely going to see IDNs come &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2008/12/04/inds-get-on-the-fast-track/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1314</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Inspired by our Country Codes of the World map, I developed a smaller version that includes the ccTLDs currently in use by Google for its local search engines. As you can see here, Google has quite a few ccTLDs &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1262</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI recently came across a chart of the most popular domain extensions, compiled by Stephane Van Gelder. Although I keep track of ccTLD registrations for the Country Codes of the World map, Stephane tracks all domains, including .com, .net., etc. &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2008/08/20/will-cn-become-the-new-com/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1252</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetWithin the translation industry, ProZ is widely known as the leading public network of freelance translators and buyers of translation services. But here comes Google&#8230; According to Blogoscoped, Google is about to launch the Google Translation Center. This is an &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2008/08/04/google-translation-center/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1242</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet GoDaddy, the US registrar with rights to the much-hyped .me ccTLD, opened registration to the general public today and it looks like things have not gone all that smoothly. TechCrunch reports that people received credit charges for domains they &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1227</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetICANN, the folks who manage Internet domains, recently decided to open up the generic top-level domain (gTLD) space to anyone who can afford it and can navigate ICANN&#8217;s complex approval process. gTLDs are those domains to the right of the &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2008/06/30/the-coming-gtld-explosion-or-not/">Continue reading <span
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