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March 2008 .maori.nz stats
In march 2008 11 new .maori.nz registrations occurred with 83 renewals that month. The total number of .maori.nz registrations at the end of March 2008 were 504. .iwqi.nz in the same time period had 1 new registration approved with several other dubious applications, 11 renewals with a total number of registrations for .iwi.nz being 60.…
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.eng for England
As the Internet is growing we are beginning to see more groups demand more personalisation and taking steps to ensure they do not fit into the old fashioned mold of Country Code domains being assigned based on a UN list that had no regard for bi/mono cultural countries and countiures that are independent of their…
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Creative use of CC TLD’s
The article below irks me. The hoi pol-loi of the Internet have no idea which country a CC TLD is associated with, in fact even what a CC TLD is. The use of .tv is a great and efficient marketing ploy. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/D3D9A2A1CB6E2A5FCC257423006C69FF By Jo Bennett Auckland & Wellington | Monday, 7 April, 2008 Yours from…
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Pitcairn Islands worlds worst spammers
I would label this humor if the results were not published in an industry publication. SOPOHS a well known Anti Virus vendor published a scathing report about the Pacific Islands, namely Pitcairn Islands being the worst offending country in the world to relay spam If we briefly analyse Pitcairn Islands. There are 50 inhabitants from…
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Domain tasting
The ICANN board has agreed to charge a full fee for newly registered com, .net, .org, .info, .name, .pro, and .biz domains, ending the 5 day grace period that domain tasters utilised. I see this will dramatically decrease domain tasting but not cease the practice all together. We will just see smarter domain registration tools…
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typo squatting
I am amazed at how many .nz addresses have been typo squatted. Using a different keyboard for the past 2 days which has a “l” and “h” keys that stick. Whilst on the Internet i have seen copious typo squatted addresses in the .nz domain. This surprises me as we have a Disputes service for…
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Māori macrons in web addresses – IDNS
Disclaimer: Personal opinion only. Tonight the DNC public submission period on implementing IDN’s in the .nz space closed. Public submissions can be read here http://www.dnc.org.nz/story/30294-29-1.html . It concerns me that some organisations have such a closed mind of the Internet. The Internet and the DNS is not a New Zealand only technology, but an international…
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Cultural representation on the Internet
.lat for Latino’s is being discussed in preparation for the ICANN board to consider next year. Personally i think this is a fantastic idea. If successful, it will join; .cat (Catalans), .cym (Welsh language speakers) .asia (Asia) and .scots if successful. For the first time we are seeing a global mindset change that the Internet…
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Domain hijacking
Recently i was sent an email about a TradeMe auction selling generic/cultural Maori domain names at highly inflated prices. A Maori web site owner then wrote an article on her web site and emailed her list of contacts promoting the auction and asking that everyone go and purchase their iwi and other generic Maori domain…
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IDNs in .nz
The ability to create a macron in a web address became one step closer to reality this week when the DNC opened the public consultation seeking feedback in issues to implement IDNs in the .nz hierarchy. Once implemented, people will be able to use macrons in their web and email addresses. As it happens, the…
