Tag: icann

All the articles with the tag "icann".

• Who owns your domain ending

  10 Oct, 2026

  Kruno Golubić

  Verisign is removing third-level .name addresses, and Automattic's registry has reportedly applied for .wordpress. The name you use and the name you control are not always the same thing.

• The 2026 round of new domain endings

  9 Oct, 2026

  Kruno Golubić

  ICANN revealed 1,615 applications for new top-level domains in October 2026. That is fewer than in 2012. Who applied, what it costs and what happens next.

• A domain by any other name

  8 Oct, 2026

  Kruno Golubić

  Does the ending of your domain matter? I check .com, .ai, .xyz and .si against DNS, Google, marketing and reputation.