Veronika Vilgis

Domains

The digital world reflects our global diversity, but not equally—while a few languages dominate online, countless others struggle for representation. GeoTLDs can help! For regions with minority languages, having dedicated spaces online where these languages can be used, protected, and shared, is a celebration of human communication. Read on as we explore the data behind languages on the web, together with Dr. Daniel Pimienta and his research.

How geoTLDs promote European minority languages online

Culture

TLDs

Web trends

Tokelau is a remote island in the pacific. You can reach there only by a ferry that runs every 14 days. But it is the third most-visited island. How so?

From tiny atolls to digital dominance: the .tk story

domains

We’re seeing AI in every nook and cranny online, and the realm of top-level domains is no different. The amount of active .ai websites has skyrocketed in the last year, and now they’re everywhere—right? We dive into the data to see what’s really going on in the .ai domain space.

The .AI domain boom: what the websites behind the trend reveal

The .eu top-level domain (TLD) was introduced in 2005, and has been a top choice for businesses and individuals across the European Union since then. However, the United Kingdom's departure from the EU has had significant consequences for UK-based .eu domain registrants. Can you have a .eu domain without being in the EU? Well, not technically…

Here, there, and everywhere: tracking UK-owned .eu domains in a post-brexit world

Policy-making

Brand protection

In this ever-evolving landscape we call the internet, emoji domain names represent a quirky and captivating innovation. Combining the ubiquitous and expressive power of emoji characters with the functional utility of domain names, these digital novelties offer a unique blend of communication and technology. From their origins to their current status and future potential, let’s take a look at the fascinating world of emojis.

Emoji domains explained: a data-driven analysis

The web is in constant change marked by new domains being registered or existing ones being discontinued as well as new websites being launched and others going offline. This persistent flux of websites means the web is actually not growing that much, rather the overall size is relatively stable. However, the way websites are created, who is hosting them, and the tools website owners use to create their sites are changing.

Web trends: a data snapshot spanning 4 years

Hosting

Dataprovider.com

The tech industry continues to drive global innovation and economic growth in 2024. This sector, comprising companies that innovate, produce, and distribute various technology-based goods and services, shape the current digital landscape. It extends across a wide range, encompassing software development, hardware manufacturing, electronics, internet utilities, artificial intelligence, and more. The impact of this sector on the gross domestic product (GDP) and broader economy of several nations is substantial.

The strategic use of TLDs by leading tech firms

Tech news

Your web address is your unique identifier, and the top-level domain (TLD) plays a crucial role in shaping that identity. TLDs can be categorized into country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs), representing specific countries or territories, or generic top-level domains (gTLDs) like .com or .org. When people register a new domain, they have to decide under which TLD they want to register. In the case that both are still available, which one should you choose? And what are other organizations in your country using? Below we’ll take a look at which ccTLDs dominate the web and we dive deeper into the numbers when we take a look at the proportions of websites per country that utilize the respective ccTLD versus the .com generic TLD.

ccTLDs vs. gTLDs: Who wins and where?

Yigit Cem Ozturk

Cocos (Keeling) Islands is an Australian autonomous territory, located in the east of the Indian Ocean, far off the Jakarta coast and more than 1,000 kilometers away from the mainland. The just over 500 people living on the Cocos Islands are predominantly Muslim (66%). But yet they appear to have a genuine connection to the Christian Church. And there also appear to be a very large number of country clubs affiliated with these islands, without there being a single country club located there. How can a remote group of islands, with just a few hundred, mostly Muslim, inhabitants be interesting to the Catholic Church? And why are country clubs interested in the islands, despite a total lack of country clubs on their territory?

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