Comments on: .eu - Less than 16% Of Websites Actively Developed? http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/ Search Engines, Domains, Statistics and Analysis Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: .EU alla prova dei cybersquatters | De Dominibus http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/#comment-80922 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:32:02 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/#comment-80922 [...] Ai proclami trionfalistici dello Eurid ha risposto fra gli altri sempre Whoisireland, che un mesetto e mezzo fa aveva pubblicato delle statistiche interessanti da cui emerge come effettivamente solo circa il 16% dei domini .eu registrati sia associato ad un sito attivo, mentre la grande maggioranza dei domini é o inoltrato ad un altro dominio, oppure é registrato da un cybersquatter o uno speculatore e parcheggiato su una pagina piena di links pubblicitari. Anche nelle statistiche di Whoisireland Cipro ricopre un posto fondamentale, ma decisamente meno invidiabile: parecchie delle ditte Cipriote che hanno poi registrato domini .eu in realtá sono molto spesso solo delle ditte fantasme, frutto di registrazioni di comodo fatte proprio allo scopo di “occupare” quanti piú domini .eu possibile a scopo speculativo. [...] […] Ai proclami trionfalistici dello Eurid ha risposto fra gli altri sempre Whoisireland, che un mesetto e mezzo fa aveva pubblicato delle statistiche interessanti da cui emerge come effettivamente solo circa il 16% dei domini .eu registrati sia associato ad un sito attivo, mentre la grande maggioranza dei domini é o inoltrato ad un altro dominio, oppure é registrato da un cybersquatter o uno speculatore e parcheggiato su una pagina piena di links pubblicitari. Anche nelle statistiche di Whoisireland Cipro ricopre un posto fondamentale, ma decisamente meno invidiabile: parecchie delle ditte Cipriote che hanno poi registrato domini .eu in realtá sono molto spesso solo delle ditte fantasme, frutto di registrazioni di comodo fatte proprio allo scopo di “occupare” quanti piú domini .eu possibile a scopo speculativo. […]

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/#comment-76370 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:20:16 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/#comment-76370 The possibility of a class action option would solve a lot of problems Dariusz, The Buycool.com/Blogdo.com operation has about 8000 domains being tracked at the moment and it really is just a cybersquatting operation. Other operations like the Jay Westerdal / Ray King series of UK front companies also could be dealt with in such an action. The Kurt Janusch operation (XSS.RO) had over 43K .eu domains registered in March 2007. But it dropped over 30K of these after the anniversary of the landrush. Many of them were the names of European businesses. The problem was that many of these domains have not been reregistered by the real businesses as they are ignoring .eu and concentrating on their .com or ccTLD brand. I think that DNS.be (where EURid gets most of its staff from) introduced a system where the costs of the ADR are split between the complainant and the respondent. That, if used with .eu, would encourage more businesses to take ADRs against cybersquatters and warehousers. However it should have been a part of the original ADR system. Many of the speculators no longer respond to ADRs. The latest ADR against Jay Westerdal/Ray King (Fienna Limited) concerning 4711.eu was uncontested. Their eight UK front companies have tens of thousands of domains warehoused and both are highly connected to US based .eu registrars. The terrible irony is that EURid was charged with protecting the integrity of .eu in the legislation. However the sheer incompetence of EURid in assuring the integrity of the ccTLD has been amazing. Domains with obviously fake address data still exist. The warehousers still exist. Cybersquatting of high profile brands still exists. The only thing that does not exist is the confidence of the business community in .eu, and that is sad because .eu could have been a good ccTLD for Europe. The possibility of a class action option would solve a lot of problems Dariusz,
The Buycool.com/Blogdo.com operation has about 8000 domains being tracked at the moment and it really is just a cybersquatting operation. Other operations like the Jay Westerdal / Ray King series of UK front companies also could be dealt with in such an action. The Kurt Janusch operation (XSS.RO) had over 43K .eu domains registered in March 2007. But it dropped over 30K of these after the anniversary of the landrush. Many of them were the names of European businesses. The problem was that many of these domains have not been reregistered by the real businesses as they are ignoring .eu and concentrating on their .com or ccTLD brand.

I think that DNS.be (where EURid gets most of its staff from) introduced a system where the costs of the ADR are split between the complainant and the respondent. That, if used with .eu, would encourage more businesses to take ADRs against cybersquatters and warehousers. However it should have been a part of the original ADR system.

Many of the speculators no longer respond to ADRs. The latest ADR against Jay Westerdal/Ray King (Fienna Limited) concerning 4711.eu was uncontested. Their eight UK front companies have tens of thousands of domains warehoused and both are highly connected to US based .eu registrars.

The terrible irony is that EURid was charged with protecting the integrity of .eu in the legislation. However the sheer incompetence of EURid in assuring the integrity of the ccTLD has been amazing. Domains with obviously fake address data still exist. The warehousers still exist. Cybersquatting of high profile brands still exists. The only thing that does not exist is the confidence of the business community in .eu, and that is sad because .eu could have been a good ccTLD for Europe.

]]> by: Dariusz http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/#comment-76322 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:53:08 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/#comment-76322 For this moment nothing, except the ADR procedure, can be done to transfer the domain to the legitimate owner of the name who could develop a website. As a lawyer who actively takes part in eu domain disputes I would like to see some changes to the EU ADR procedures including a possibility of class action (many domains are registered by one cybersquatter) by or obligation to return the ADR and lawyer’s fees from the losing party. For this moment EU ADR procedure is quite efficient, but with no financial risk the speculators hold many grabbed domains without fear. For this moment nothing, except the ADR procedure, can be done to transfer the domain to the legitimate owner of the name who could develop a website. As a lawyer who actively takes part in eu domain disputes I would like to see some changes to the EU ADR procedures including a possibility of class action (many domains are registered by one cybersquatter) by or obligation to return the ADR and lawyer’s fees from the losing party. For this moment EU ADR procedure is quite efficient, but with no financial risk the speculators hold many grabbed domains without fear.

]]> by: » Only 16% of .eu Websites Developed? Domain Name News - The Domain Industry News at DomainNews.com, Domain http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/#comment-76280 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:51:51 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/#comment-76280 [...] Source: Written by John McCormac on July 17th - http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/ [...] […] Source: Written by John McCormac on July 17th - http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/ […]

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