We have entered into a partnership with Oxford Brookes University to develop anti-abuse technology that will help protect more than 6 million UK domain names, registrant data and the UK Internet as a whole. The partnership is being supported by the Department of Trade and Industry through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) award. As a result, we will be creating two new anti-abuse posts for postgraduates who will spend two years working on the problem. They will receive management training so that they can run the project themselves, including budgeting. More ›

From Lesley Cowley, Chief Executive at Nominet

Welcome to our second edition of Nominet News for 2007.

In this issue we consider some of the current market issues surrounding .uk and the international domain space.

I have just returned from Lisbon, where the latest ICANN meeting took place and we have a report on the key issues discussed at that event. I also share some of my predictions for what the UK Internet industry might look like in five years’ time, as presented in my keynote speech to the UK Domain Channel Conference in February. A recent survey brings encouraging news about continued loyalty for .uk domains and we have the inside track on that story for you. More ›

I recently revealed my thoughts about what the UK domain name market might look like in 2012, as part of my key note presentation at the UK’s Domain Channel conference on 2 February 2007.

My predictions included the following: More ›

We were encouraged by the news that British Internet users are six times more likely to choose a .uk rather than .com address when looking for information via an Internet search engine.

In an online survey of 2,324 Internet users, which was carried out for us by YouGov, we also learned that 62% believe a .uk address suggests a company is local or more relevant than a .com, and a third (32%) believe that it is important for international companies to have local domain names in order to attract local customers. More ›

24 May 2006, Oxford, UK – Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, is celebrating reaching the five million mark for .uk domain name registrations. The landmark registration, Hosepipebanbuster.co.uk, was registered by Watermatics Ltd, an irrigation company based in Hertfordshire.

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