Total number of registered domain names across the web has crossed 250 million mark for the first time at the end of 2012 according to latest figures released by Verisign as a part of its Domain Industry Brief.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved and released a list domain names as per its new global Top Level Domain (gTLD) plans.
ICANN is receiving more and more requests for new top level domains (gTLDs) and governments around the world are busy registering their complaints and objections with the proposed names it has been noticed.
Nominet, UK’s domain name registry, is proposing a new scheme of shorter second-level domain names ‘.uk’ with improved security features to bolster consumer confidence.