Press Releases

Afilias Releases .INFO Domain 2009 Annual Report

mwoody — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0000

.INFO remains the market leader for new TLDs

DUBLIN, IRELAND - December 21, 2009 - Afilias, a global provider of internet infrastructure services and registry for the .INFO domain, has released the 2009 .INFO Annual Report illustrating .INFO's rise over the past eight years. .INFO currently ranks seventh among all 270+ Top Level Domains (TLD's) worldwide and first among all new TLDs introduced on the Internet since 2001.

Afilias Announces Winners of the 2009 .INFO Awards

mwoody — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:28:32 +0000

Thueringen.info Takes Top Honor of Best .INFO Web site of 2009

DUBLIN, IRELAND - 9 November 2009 - Today, Afilias announced the results of its 2009 .INFO Awards program which rewards the best .INFO Web sites around the globe. First place was awarded to thueringen.info, a travel information portal in the Thuringia area of Germany. Second place was awarded to gps-tour.info, a peer to peer file sharing service where people, tourist regions or organizations can share and download outdoor GPS tours. Third place was awarded to turkel.info, a travel and tourism marketing agency in the United States.

Vote for the Best .INFO Web site of 2009

hread — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:52:17 +0000

Public Voting for the 2009 .INFO Awards Opens now through November 6

DUBLIN, IRELAND - 2 November 2009 - Now the public has a voice in whose INFO they like best. Today, Afilias, the registry operator for the .INFO domain, opened its 2009 .INFO Awards to public voting. Anyone around the world can now vote for their favorite of the top 10 .INFO Web sites selected by a panel of judges.

"The .INFO domain is the global home for anyone with information to share.

Afilias’ Matt Pounsett Elected Director-at-Large for DNS - OARC

hread — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:28:35 +0000

Dublin, Ireland - 29 October 2009 - Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that Matt Pounsett, a lead member of the Afilias Content Propagation and Resolution Services team, has been selected as a board member of the DNS Operations, Analysis, and Research Center (OARC).

eCrime Web site Longevity Drops As Internet Providers and Security Professionals Take Aim

hread — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:50:26 +0000

Avalanche eCrime Gang Driving Increasingly Larger Share of Phishing Scams

TACOMA, Wash. Oct 21, 2009 – A new phishing survey released by the Anti-Phishing Work Group (APWG) reveals that the longevity of phishing Web sites dropped by 25 percent over the last year.

Afilias Announces 2009 .INFO Award Judges Panel

hread — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:35:59 +0000

Top industry experts will help select the best .INFO Web sites of 2009

DUBLIN, IRELAND - 20 October 2009 - Today, Afilias has released the names of its panel of judges for the 2009 .INFO Awards. The Awards, officially opened last week, will reward the best professionally created .INFO Web sites from around the world.
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Afilias Opens 2009 Awards for the Best .INFO Web sites

hread — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:29:34 +0000

Afilias recognizes the best .INFO Sites and offers over US$15,000 in rewards to the winners

DUBLIN, IRELAND – October 7, 2009 – Today, Afilias announced the opening of the 2009 .INFO Awards. The awards, first created in 2006, rewards the best professionally created .INFO Web sites from around the world. .INFO Site owners are able to submit their .INFO site for consideration until 11:59 p.m. on October 23, 2009.

Afilias statement on ICANN Affirmation of Commitments with US Department of Commerce

hread — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:44:50 +0000

DUBLIN, IRELAND – 6 October 2009 – Today Afilias President & CEO Hal Lubsen released the following statement concerning ICANN’s new Affirmation of Commitments with the US Department of Commerce:

Afilias announces new ".INFO Site Rater" Allowing Users to Rate Their Favorite .INFO Domains

hread — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:20:15 +0000

DUBLIN, IRELAND – 29 September 2009 - Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services and registry for the .INFO domain, today announced that is has added a new service that allows visitors to its .INFO Web site directory to rate their favorite .INFO Web sites.

Afilias Managed DNS Services Adds SiteCertain to Keep Watch on your Web Site

hread — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:09:26 +0000

New service provides continuous monitoring and emergency response for your Web site

DUBLIN, IRELAND – 15 September 2009- Today Afilias, a leading provider of Internet infrastructure services, announced the availability of SiteCertain, a new add-on feature to its Managed DNS Services. SiteCertain enables Afilias Managed DNS customers to add web server monitoring, content monitoring and IP address fail-over to their Managed DNS account, to ensure the reliability and uptime of their Web sites.