Through its members, team and partners, Afnic brings together personalities with a perceptive and sometimes offbeat view of current events on the internet, domain names and, of course, Afnic itself. With this blog, we aim to share with you a freer and more personal, but still expert and professional expression of views on topical matters.
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Can emojis be used in a domain name?
You may sometimes see emojis – those little pictograms used ...
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Finding social information associated with a domain name
(or “OK, WHOIS, but apart from that?”)Every domain name ...
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Pharmaceutical Industry and Dot Brands: Analysis of a Highly Regulated and Often Exposed Sector
The pharmaceutical industry consists of several activities: ...
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Towards a global digital compact?
There are some lively debates in store on Internet governance ...
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Opening of the dot brand application round in 2026: should you launch your customised TLD?
The new round of TLD applications in mid-2026 has been confirmed, ...
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Afnic has moved!
It may have taken two years, but Afnic is now fully moved in to ...
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Protected Geographical Indications: a challenge for SYRELI
Can anyone sell Limoges Porcelain, Basque Linen or Breton Granite? ...
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Dot brand and large-scale retailing (5/5): overcoming new logistics challenges
A custom TLD (dot brand) represents a powerful differentiator ...
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New .fr name server added, in Prague
Viewed from the outside, name resolution for .fr operates 24 ...
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Dot brand and large-scale retailing (4/5): personalising the user experience and creating proximity
The large-scale retailing sector is undergoing a major transformation ...
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Dot brand and large-scale retailing (3/5): making your e-services stand out
A brand TLD is a powerful tool to help brands enhance their digital ...
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Tests to ensure high quality
Afnic has a Testing Department which industrialises testing. ...
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Dot brand and large-scale retailing (2/5): giving more weight to your CSR strategy
Large-scale retailing is a sector that has experienced profound ...
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I changed job at the age of 59 thanks to the MVS scheme
As a woman, being of advanced age and at the end of your career ...
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Dot brand and large-scale retailing (1/5): promoting your marketplace and its partnerships
A powerful differentiator, the use of brandTLDs remains far ...
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Experience sharing in Paris at the CENTR R&D and Tech workshops
On 12 and 13 October 2023, Afnic hosted the meetings of the “R&D” ...
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.COM – update on the first half of 2023
This article gives an analysis of the .COM TLD based on data transmitted ...
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Afnic Legal Meetings 2023: the essentials of the meetings
The 2023 edition of the Legal Meetings was held on the morning ...
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The importance of HTTP persistent connections (for RDAP, for example)
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David Chansard, Afnic Customer Service Representative, interviews himself
David Chansard is one of our support and customer advisors. ...
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Managing a domain name portfolio for Key Accounts: challenges, roles, good practices
These days, organisations with the largest domain name portfolios ...
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“No” to abandoning domain names!
A .fr domain name is abandoned every minuteSummer’s here, ...
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.COM and .NET: situation update
This latest article follows on from the publication in autumn ...
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Foster dialogue, put forward proposals, create and convey a vision of an Internet that benefits everyone
A non-profit organisation, Afnic builds on its association-based ...