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Greentravelclub.info Wins Top Spot in Afilias’ .INFO Domain Awards

November 8, 2010 — Afilias, the operator of the .info registry, has named Greentravelclub.info the winner of its 2010 .INFO Awards Program, designed to highlighted some of the best .INFO sites of 2010 and award them cash prizes totaling more than $15,000.

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Afilias Enhances Security of .INFO Domains by Enabling DNSSEC

September 9, 2010 — Internet infrastructure services provider Afilias has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions for the .INFO top-level domain, enhancing global security for more than 6.5 million registered domains, making it the seventh largest TLD in the world.

Afilias Acquires .Mobi Domain Registry dotMobi

February 11, 2010 — Internet infrastructure services provider Afilias has acquired the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the .mobi top-level domain, mTLD Top-Level Domain Ltd., known publicly as dotMobi.

Afilias Joins MAWWG and Online Safety Group

April 28, 2009 — Domain name registry operator Afilias announced on Tuesday that Brian Cute, vice president of discovery services has been named to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Online Safety and Technology Working Group.

Netfirms Selling Domains at $4.95

November 17, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Netfirms (netfirms.com/domains) announced on Tuesday that it has lowered the prices for its .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz domain names to $4.95 per year.

WebHosting.Info Covers Every Registrar

September 22, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting research and statistics portal WebHosting.Info (webhosting.info) announced on Tuesday that it is collaborating with Registrar solutions provider LogixBoxes (logicboxes.com) to publish statistical reports on the performance of all worldwide domain name registrars.

VeriSign Speeds Up Domain Updates

July 12, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — VeriSign (verisign.com) said last Friday that it plans to speed up the way its .com and .net registries handle updates, allowing users to change the addresses their domains point to in near-real time. Typically, users must wait several hours, often up to 24 hours, for their DNS to propagate. The changes being made by VeriSign would reduce that time to merely minutes, bringing it in line with the .info and .biz domains, which have updated in near real-time since being launched.

Network Solutions Adds Offer Service

June 7, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain name registrar Network Solutions (networksolutions.com) announced on Friday that it has launched its patent-pending Certified Offer Service, a convenient method for Internet users obtain already-registered domain names.

WebHosting.Info Introduces New Service

“The email reports service demonstrates our commitment to developing products that make our research data and statistics more accessible and useful to users, worldwide,” says Bhavin Turakhia of WebHosting.Info.

Revamped Webhosting.info to be Released

According to Namit Merchant, business head of Webhosting.info, the newly revamped Web site features a new look and feel and has been migrated to upgraded servers in the US in order to speed up page downloads. Merchant said that Webhosting.info is also changing the frequency of statistics reporting from a monthly to weekly basis.