New gTLD applicants: ICANN’s intergovernmental committee is pushing fast action on DNS abuse — policies to curb mass registrations used for phishing, spam, and malware, especially ahead of the 2026 new gTLD round. Expect tighter safeguards and closer registrar scrutiny.

History lesson of the day: until 1995, domains were totally free. After fees arrived, volumes of registrations surged — from a bit less than 15,000 per year (1985–1992) to 100,000+ per day in 1995. How come? The web went mainstream, and a paid model funded registrars, tools, and

Thrilled to announce: .chess.it.com by .it.com Domains, led by Andrey Insarov, is nominated for Top AI Event at the Adriatic Web & iGaming Awards! The “Hans Niemann vs. You” match at Web Summit Lisbon brought together 106,638 players from 132 countries — the largest chess game

.it.com Domains got featured in Forbes☑️ Our CSO Joe Alagna ✨ shared insights on redirects, duplicate content, and domain strategy for SEO. Read the article: forbes.com/advisor/busine…

100,000 domains in 4 years 🚀 .it.com celebrates a major milestone — growing from a spontaneous idea into one of the fastest-rising registries, with layered meaning (IT, Italy, creative combos) and strong registrar partnerships. Kudos to GoDaddy, Namecheap.com, Dynadot 🦾, Sav.com,

Choosing a domain name for your personal website? Keep it simple, on‑brand, and consider fresh extensions like .it.com for better availability. Get the quick guide: get.it.com/blog/how-to-fi…

Google AI Max runs search ads for you: it decides who to show, how much to bid, and tests your ad images and text — without you building long keyword lists. Rollout started Q3 2025. With it you gain simplicity, but lose some manual control. When it fits and how to prepare:

Buying a domain can be tricky. In our latest blog, Kean Ong from Dynadot 🦾 shares how to avoid common mistakes — from bad extensions to “cheap” registrar traps. Smart buying starts with research, not luck. Full guide here: get.it.com/blog/common-do…

Today we celebrate 🥇 and 🥈 at the w3 Awards! Our project “Hans Niemann vs. You” won Gold for Best Audience Integration and Silver for Hybrid Experiences. 106K players. 132 countries. One AI-powered game with Grandmaster Hans Niemann. Big thanks to World Chess and

An AI-generated actress, Tilly Norwood, debuted at the Zurich Film Festival — and already has 62.4K Instagram followers. Hollywood unions call it a threat to human creativity, but at the core lies a bigger question: who owns the identity of a digital persona?

Few things annoy visitors more than clicking a dead link. Use Search Console or a crawler to spot them, then fix with an update, a redirect, or a proper 404/410 page. The key is to keep users (and search engines) on track. Full guide: get.it.com/blog/how-to-fi…

Combosquatting happens when attackers register domains that mix a brand name with another word — for example, .facebook-login.com or .amazon-secure.net.These may look legitimate to some users but are often used for phishing and fraud. A study on arXiv found that nearly 60% of

Want to know who owns a domain name? Start with a WHOIS lookup (ICANN Lookup, Whо.is, GoDaddy), check the site’s contact pages or forms, and, if needed, involve legal support. Keep in mind: Privacy Protection may hide personal details, showing proxy data instead. Full guide:

World Intellectual Property Organisation cases show that major brands often register dozens of domain variations. From typos to geo- and language versions, these names reduce cybersquatting risks and protect traffic. Consider managing domain variations as part of your digital

Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) allow web addresses to use scripts beyond Latin — such as Cyrillic, Arabic, or Chinese — making domains more accessible to local users. According to ICANN’s 2025 IDN Annual Report, Chinese script currently dominates at the second level,

Proud to share that we’ve successfully completed our ISO 27001 certification, confirming full compliance with global information security standards. The process included a multi-month independent audit of internal policies, registry systems, and infrastructure — all completed

What big companies can learn from small ones? Our CEO Andrey Insarov joined the latest Forbes Business Council piece to talk about resourcefulness — the mindset that drives innovation at it.cоm Domains. Read here: forbes.com/councils/forbe…

Fact of the Day: some of the fastest-growing TLDs in 2025 aren’t the obvious ones. .feedback, .loan, .lol, and .pink all show sharp percentage growth this year. Openprovider’s 2025 Global Domain Report confirms that demand isn’t limited to legacy zones — niche extensions can

Going multilingual isn’t just translation — it’s structure, SEO, and user choice. Decide on subfolders, subdomains, or ccTLDs, connect pages with hreflang, and use tools like Weglot or TranslatePress to simplify the process. Full guide: get.it.com/blog/how-to-cr…