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Above Registrar expands TLD offerings to now include .CLUB

November 26, 2014 by Victor Pitts

“CLUB” is not like any other “generic” string – it brings immediately recognizable meaning and marketing value to any name to the left of the …

The .xxx Extension

October 17, 2013March 1, 2010 by brooke

.xxx.gif The ICM registry has won an appeal for an independent review of the .xxx extension.

The proposed TLD .xxx is suggested as an option for sexually explicit Internet websites. .xxx would be suitable for adult material, similar to .edu for education and .gov for government bodies.

The .xxx would be suitable for adult material, similar to .edu for education and .gov for government bodies. The appeal has caused controversy for both those for and against the introduction of the TLD.

The idea of .xxx would be to implement a way for those who wish to provide access to pornographic nature on the web and also make it easier for those who don’t wish to view explicit material to block the websites. This would also make it easier for search engines to block .xxx websites.

Stricter .CN Regulations Lead to Registration Drop

October 17, 2013February 5, 2010 by nicholas

CNINIC (.CN Registry) has recently introduced stricter regulations for registering .CN domains. As a results, some Chinese businesses and website owners are looking elsewhere when registering domain names. The new regulations require that .CN domains be registered with the Chinese government. Failure to do some will result in your domain being disabled/deleted.

Paris wants a .paris

October 17, 2013December 16, 2009 by brooke

Paris, the capital city of France, applied for .paris to become a top level domain (TLD) in June, 2008.

The TLD for France is .fr.

The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, began a campaign on behalf of Paris, on December 9th 2009, to support the .paris TLD request.

Top-level Domain

October 17, 2013December 11, 2009 by brooke

Top-level domain (TLD) is a domain at the highest level of the hierarchical DNS of the Internet. The TLD are installed in the root zone of the name space. ICANN operates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) which is in charge of maintaining the DNS root zone.

For example, in www.above.com the Top-level domain TLD is the ‘.com’.