No more .CN domains for Us!
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As of 6th January, 2010, CNNIC has temporarily put a stop to all .CN registrations by non-Chinese registrants. This move has been brought about to clean up the extreme abuse and mis-use of .CN domain extension in the domaining namespace.
Though this move is cited as temporary, overseas domain registrars, such as Godaddy, have to immediately cease offering .CN as a registration option on their websites. According to CNNIC, the comprehensive method of handling the policy changes have contributed to this development.
The policy also prevents the Chinese domestic users from registering a .CN name from an overseas registrar.
I currently own a handful of .CN domain names, registered by me during the Name.com special 99c per .CN domain offer in late 2008. The recent developments are not clear if overseas registrants need also give up any existing .CN domains.
Well, I never got down to using any of these domains. Why? Simple, because they were .CN domains. Being cheap to register, .CN was largely used for warez, spamming or phishing websites. Why I registered them remains a mystery? Probably it was kool to possess tonnes of domains back in 2008. Or maybe I had something in plan… something sinister … something towards the dark side
…Belonging to the largest country on earth in terms of population, .CN has struggled to take off and make any impact since opening up to outside registration in 2004. Partially due to preferred use of domain in Cantonese and largely due to mis-use of this extension for non-ethical websites, .CN has always been viewed as an inferior domain.
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January 9, 2010 pm31 12:40 am
ohh… Is this true … ? Thanx for that NEWZ .. Its make me updated with current IT fields .
January 12, 2010 pm31 4:44 am
Well it would be kinda of messed up if they took the domains away from those outside of the country but I don’t foresee them doing that. Either way though… I hope they do gain control of all the bad websites and get the cn domain extension to be a good name.
Till then,
Jean
January 22, 2010 pm31 10:00 am
I wasn’t aware of this information – so thanks for sharing! Your posts are always so insightful and intriguing.
It looks like CNNIC is taking precautionary measures to prevent the misuse of .cn domain names which in my opinion is a wise move.
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January 23, 2010 pm31 4:14 pm
Although you may use .hk or .cn however .com is more populat than .hk or .cn and are more oftenly used.About webhosting, yes bluehost webhosting is the best one Source.
January 25, 2010 pm31 6:34 pm
In China, cn domain name registration to prohibit individuals。
Many people abandon the use of CN domain names, CNNIC is also considering whether to re-present the development of personal register CN domain names
January 26, 2010 pm31 8:15 pm
I nnever use them anyway.
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February 4, 2010 pm31 10:45 pm
Every time I log into yahoo msgr, I get 30+ spam request to be added to my contact list. Each request is from the live.cn domain. Can yahoo block this domain? Can I? Every method I’ve tried does NOT work. Yahoo, please block live.cn domain. It is nothing but spam!
February 11, 2010 pm31 12:48 am
I don’t like any attempt of censorship in INTERNET, but sometimes it is wise to think twice before becoming opposite to some things. In this case I have no opinion… I understand that some people just want to do a good thing, but is it really good?
February 27, 2010 pm31 9:29 am
CNNIC has authority over ICANN?
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March 12, 2010 pm31 11:14 pm
O.k., I admit I am not a researcher or internet savvy enough to know how to do anything more than superficial searches, but, in all of my searches, I have not been able to find out a single individual’s name associated with their company.
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March 18, 2010 pm31 9:32 pm
Understanding the process and options involved with registering an expiring domain can be a confusing task. How, Where, When?
March 19, 2010 pm31 7:06 pm
Most of us read feature articles every day in the newspaper or in popular magazines. Feature articles are not front-page time sensitive news stories.
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March 20, 2010 pm31 6:36 am
Personally I have no problem with country specific tlds only being given to residents of that country. I tried to get a .co.uk a while back only to find out that I needed to be a UK resident. While I was initially disappointed, it seemed fair enough. Why should foreigners be allowed to use another country’s tld? Those people can just use a generic .net, .info or .biz.
March 31, 2010 pm31 5:32 pm
Good move, let’s hope more companies will follow. If the Chinese people can’t change their government, maybe the rest of the world will.
March 31, 2010 pm31 5:32 pm
Next time we want to do business with a communist country with a history of human rights abuses, I hope big business will think twice. But I think not. Money always wins over human rights abuse or internet censorship.
April 1, 2010 pm31 8:43 pm
I’m writing a feature story about a woman living with Multiple Sclerosis for my final project in my journalism class. I really need some fresh eyes to judge it and tear it to pieces. If you could provide me with your email that would be great.
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April 3, 2010 pm31 1:58 am
Domain names are special, self-sufficient part of WWW and a profit-making kind of business in the Internet. There is a huge number of IT companies that sale/purchase/estimate domain names.
April 6, 2010 pm31 3:53 am
Thanks for sharing i feeling very need.
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April 9, 2010 pm31 2:26 am
Hi very cool sharing and also useful share it again by again.
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April 15, 2010 pm31 8:29 am
I think it’s quite understandable they take these measures. Interesting read, thanks!
May 3, 2010 pm31 7:14 pm
you can block the individual messages also…just click on ignore on the upper right corner in the message window…or go to contact|action|ignore user.
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May 4, 2010 pm31 10:02 am
This is kind of like places that restrict foreign property investment. Those foreign investments just drive up pricing and reduce availability for actual residents.
May 5, 2010 pm31 9:13 pm
Well I registered my domain name for free. Just Google it if you are after purchasing a domain name.
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May 6, 2010 pm31 4:18 am
Good move, let’s hope more companies will follow. If the Chinese people can’t change their government, maybe the rest of the world will.
Next time we want to do business with a communist country with a history of human rights abuses, I hope big business will think twice. But I think not. Money always wins over human rights abuse or internet censorship.
May 8, 2010 pm31 12:46 am
Most of us read feature articles every day in the newspaper or in popular magazines.
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May 11, 2010 pm31 1:43 am
Most of us read feature articles every day in the newspaper or in popular magazines. Feature articles are not front-page, time-sensitive news stories, though they can contain news and statistics.
May 17, 2010 pm31 8:24 am
Yeah, I remember many warez sites having .cn domains, I think its a good decision.
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May 24, 2010 pm31 3:13 am
waaahh..how sad..what happened to the backlinks? how about .co.cc?is that endangered?
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June 2, 2010 pm31 1:29 am
Hi I’m not sure what you mean by identification. It’s not like you can show your ID over the computer.
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June 2, 2010 pm31 10:45 am
I wonder if any other countries have plans to follow suit. I have a feeling that other countries wouldn’t want to give up the bit of money they make by selling domains to foreigners. Just look at the whole mess with .cm domains.
June 3, 2010 pm31 5:28 pm
i hope this will not happen with .co.cc?
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June 3, 2010 pm31 9:39 pm
Wow this post is really very impressive because that is only telling about deep Knowles of domain all is very great today.
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June 12, 2010 pm31 7:30 pm
Several .cn sites have tried to hack into vital Indian government domains in the past. Most of the spam mails that I receive are also from .cn.
PS: Btw, neither your brother nor you seem to be blogging of late
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June 18, 2010 pm31 10:35 pm
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June 20, 2010 pm31 11:04 pm
hey good share mate, thanks for sharing
June 27, 2010 pm31 4:15 am
Yeah cheap domains usually create low quality/illegal websites. Maybe new countries that release a TLD will recognize this effect of high priced domains.
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July 1, 2010 pm31 6:13 pm
Does anyone know whether .cn domains are transferable? Thanks
July 1, 2010 pm31 8:53 pm
@virtual, In regards to your question about .cn domains being transferable, I believe it is governed by .cn so as long as you are within the rules, you should be able to!
Till then,
Jean
July 2, 2010 pm31 3:25 pm
Hi virtual dating game u also very right sharing nice comment thanks for it.
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July 5, 2010 pm31 11:45 pm
Hi i think When establishing a presence online, one of the first and most important things you can do is select a domain name.
July 6, 2010 pm31 9:25 pm
aww like seriously? thanks for the info! and yeah it’s great decision too!
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July 7, 2010 pm31 4:46 am
Well, having no .cn at all has no great effects on online marketing and gaining traffic from the chinese people.
July 7, 2010 pm31 11:09 am
It has been a while since your last post. Perhaps you can feature the issue with .cm domains.
July 22, 2010 pm31 9:58 pm
Damn, having any regional based domain name really seems to be a risky idea because the regional governing bodies of these domains can certainly turn their back on people. So it is good to go along with the general domains like .com, .net, .org
August 2, 2010 pm31 11:44 pm
O oh no no any complete title sharing but i think this blog really some important ha ha ha.
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August 4, 2010 pm31 10:23 pm
Wow very simple blog finding no any most title finding all is very nice….
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August 5, 2010 pm31 10:25 am
I’d assume pretty much any domain is transferable. You’d still have to have a Chinese address to be able to have the domain transferred to you.
August 5, 2010 pm31 8:35 pm
I don’t need a sub domain like http://www.yourname.8a.com but any domain name will do like http://www.yourname.cn or http://www.yourname.mn etc. Please guys tell !!!
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September 2, 2010 pm31 11:21 am
I’m not really too concerned about this whole .cn issue. I have no plans to ever build a website specifically targeting the Chinese market. Sure they have a lot of people, but other markets are more profitable.
September 2, 2010 pm31 11:46 pm
It simply doesn’t make economical sense for GoDaddy to deal with .CN. Nothing more nothing less.
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