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By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry As the operator of the .org domain, it’s our job to not only provide a trusted platform for mission-driven organizations, but also to help people around the globe better understand and leverage the power of the internet. To help us educate internet users everywhere, we […]
By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry In the second installment of the Domain Lingo 101 blog series we will cover the key players in the domain marketplace and the larger internet governance community. From domain registrars to web hosting services, we’ll provide clarity and context behind the people and organizations that […]
By Tony Connor, Director of Product Marketing, Public Interest Registry When it comes to the ins and outs of the internet, things can get technical quickly. Hopefully you’ve built up a foundational understanding of the domain industry through the first two posts of this series. In Domain Lingo 101: Let’s Start With The Basics, we learned […]
By Jim LeFevre, Senior Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry If you’ve been keeping up with our Domain Industry blog series, you should be familiar with key industry concepts and lingo. The first part of the series “Domain Lingo 101: Who’s Who in the Industry?”, introduced us to registrars as a key group of organizations that play […]
Written by Paul Diaz, VP of Policy, Public Interest Registry Using social media as your primary online resource can be appealing for NGOs – accounts are easy to obtain and usually free. Compared to building a website, the initial steps to establish a web presence through social media channels are simple and require less expertise. […]
This is a guest article authored by Stacey Hartman of GoDaddy Your chosen domain extension can help to tell your organization’s story online – about who you are and what your organization stands for. Whether you represent a club, charity, company or nonprofit organization, aligning with the .org domain is an excellent way to clearly […]
By Matthew Marks, Technical Director, Public Interest Registry In times of need, humanitarian organizations are increasingly turning to the speed and efficiency of online channels to share their message and mobilize support. Recently, when a boys soccer team was trapped in a cave in Thailand, the support was vast and swift – and largely crowdsourced. […]
By Jim LeFevre, Senior Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry Registry, registrar, registrant – though they are similar words, each has a very different meaning and role in the domain industry. We’ll be focusing on the role of a registry in this post, but don’t forget you can refresh your memory by taking a look […]
By Jim LeFevre, Senior Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry If you think of the internet as a vast network of highways, ICANN is the regulator that works to ensure that digital internet destinations along the network are safely designated and maintained. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, better known as ICANN, is […]