GoDaddy.com Spanning the Globe with New .ASIA Domain.Helping Asia Community Members Register Their Own Top-Level Domain (networking) top-level domain - The last and most significant component of an Internet fully qualified domain name, the part after the last ".". For example, host wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk is in top-level domain "uk" (for United Kingdom). SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- GoDaddy.com today announced it has been accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. to provide registrations for the new .ASIA top-level domain by The DotAsia Organization, a not-for-profit, community-based organization that is the registry for the .ASIA domain. Go Daddy Go Daddy is an Internet domain registrar and web hosting company, which also sells e-business related software and services. Founded in 1997 by Bob Parsons, who previously founded the software development company Parsons Technology, Inc. will begin accepting .ASIA registrations tomorrow, at the start of the Sunrise period The term Sunrise Period refers to the period of time at the launch of a new top-level domain or second-level domain during which owners of trademarks may register a domain name containing the owned mark. . The Sunrise period is divided into three phases including the acceptance of applications for Governmental Reserved Names, registered trademarks and service mark holders, and for companies in the region to use their name with the .ASIA domain. "Now is the time. Asia is a region with explosive online growth," said Bob Parsons Bob (Robert) Parsons (born 1950) is the CEO and founder of domain registrar and web host Go Daddy which owns registrars Wild West Domains and Blue Razor Domains, the domain privacy company Domains by Proxy, and the registration authority Starfield Technologies. , Go Daddy CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Founder. "We are ready and waiting to help people register the new .ASIA domain name extension." In February 2008, the Landrush period is targeted to commence and is available for anyone meeting the charter eligibility requirements. For domains receiving more than one valid application during the Sunrise and Landrush periods, a closed auction will be held for all competing applicants. A first-come, first-served registration process for the .ASIA domain is targeted to begin in March 2008. The .ASIA tld is dedicated to the Asia community. The .ASIA community, as defined by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number , consists of the Asia, Australia and Pacific regions which include 73 countries. Anyone can be a registrant for .ASIA domains, but in order to satisfy the eligibility requirements, the Charter Eligibility Declaration of the applied domain must represent a legal entity in the .ASIA community. A legal entity may be a person or a juristic ju·ris·tic also ju·ris·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence. 2. Of or relating to law or legality. ju·ris entity, such as a corporation. GoDaddy.com offers 41 domain extensions and as the world's dominant registrar, www.GoDaddy.com registers more domain names than its three closest competitors combined. GoDaddy.com is also a leading Web hosting provider offering more than 35 related products to help customers create an online presence. For detailed information about the Sunrise period and each phase, please visit: www.DotAsia.org. About The Go Daddy Group, Inc. Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration and Web site hosting services, as well as a broad array of on-demand and other services. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 24 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every 1.3 seconds. GoDaddy.com is the world's No. 1 domain name registrar An organization that manages Internet domain names. Any person or company that wants a presence on the Internet must register a unique name with one of the many registrars, such as Network Solutions (www.netsol.com) or Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com). according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world's largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info. - The Go Daddy Group - Copyright (c) 2007 GoDaddy.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion