Posts Tagged ‘Nominet’

9 million .uk domain names

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This week the .uk register passed another significant milestone when it reached nine million registrations. The 9 millionth domain name, active2011.co.uk, was registered by the Nirvana Spa and Pulse 8 Health & Fitness Club based in Wokingham. 2010 has seen especially strong growth for .uk, with a net increase of one million domains registered in [...]

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New .uk Policy Development Process

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Over the last year the Policy Advisory Body (PAB) has been reviewing its role and function and made recommendations on how the policy development process could evolve to deliver improved policy advice to the Board. Nominet consulted on these proposals during March and April 2010 and received overwhelming support for the proposed process. The PAB [...]

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From aa.co.uk to zz.co.uk – short domains are go.org.uk!

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Nominet are planning to release two letter, one character and other reserved .uk domains later this year, and they are currently running a consultation on their proposed release mechanism and the domains to be made available for registration.  Read more

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