Archive for September 11, 2008

Latest JPRS reports on IDN ccTLD

JPRS posted these reports on their homepage. http://jprs.co.jp/advisory/25/3.pdf http://jprs.co.jp/advisory/25/4.pdf Apparently they haven’t decided anything about the way to introduce new IDN ccTLD. They say there are 3 options. a) Give .jp registrants .日本, too; b) Issue .日本 separately; and c)  Alias .jp to .日本. The reports argue pros and cos of each option.  It also [...]

Vietnamese domain name unmarketable

Bridge – Just 3,800 domain names have been registered in Vietnamese since they were first issued 18 months ago. Most site owners said they registered their domains in Vietnamese to not miss advertising opportunities on search engines like Google or Yahoo. Cao Kim Trong, Director of the Kim Tín Jewelry Company, was one of the [...]