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Stop on the SedoPro World Tour: Tuscany, Italy + New
Details About Prague's DOMAINfest Europe &
Highlights From Verisign's Latest Quarterly Domain Brief
Europe's
domain industry version of a baseball
doubleheader featuring
two perennial powerhouses is just two weeks
away. It begins with DomainSponsor's DOMAINfest
Europe in
SedoPro
clients and supporters were invited to register
for the event in the charming Tuscany town of Chianciano
Terme in an email sent out Monday.
The agenda
includes an opening day address from Sedo CEO Tim
Schumacher and a series of special events
that will allow you to experience the full
flavor of the region.
The
two days in Tuscany will also give you
an opportunity to network with top
players in the industry and key Sedo
staff as well as to hone your domaining
skills in workshops with Sedo
management.
We
also got an update on DOMAINfest
Europe today. Show organizers announced
that they have obtained exclusive
use
of two highly popular Prague
venues for the show's two dinner
networking parties - the National
Museum (for opening night) and
Duplex Club & Café
(for the farewell dinner the next
evening).
The
Museum,
in Prague’s Vaclavske Square,
is the oldest and largest museum
in the Czech Republic and
Duplex is one of Prague's hottest
night spots (Mick Jagger
celebrated his 60th
birthday
there)!
DOMAINfest attendees will
have exclusive use of the Duplex's
rooftop lounge and dance club. It
overlooks Wenceslas Square in
the heart of Prague’s vibrant
city center.
In
addition to business networking on
opening day, DOMAINfest Europe
will offer attendees a chance to
build deeper personal
relationships on day two by
participating in unique, fun
excursions in and around
Prague. During online
registration,
attendees can choose from a
variety of activities that range
from Grand Prix Go Kart Racing
and a Pub Hunt Contest to AK47
and M16Shooting
Contests or a walking tour of Prague
Castle and area churches and
cathedrals. You can view the
full
selection here.
One
other note today, Verisign
has released their latest
quarterly Domain
Name Industry Brief
covering 2Q-2010. This
always interesting report is
loaded with data on the current
state of domain registrations
around the world, including the
ebb and flow within specific
extensions.
The
second quarter of 2010 closed with
a base of more than 196.3
million domain name
registrations across all Top Level
Domains (TLDs), an increase
of more than 3 million domain
names, or 2% above the
first quarter. Registrations grew
by 12.3 million, or 7% over
the past year.
In
other highlights, new .com
and .net registrations totaled
7.9 million during the
second quarter, an increase of
13% from a year ago. By
contrast, .cn (China'sccTLD) experienced a
second-quarter decline in
base registrations, due to new
Chinese government restrictions,
dropping the domain from fourth to
sixth largest among all TLDs. That
allowed Great Britain's .co.uk
to move up to #4 and .org
to advance to #5 in the TLD
popularity rankings.
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