
.РФ update A presentation for APTLD Meeting New Delhi, India, 23 February2012
Contents General statistics 1 Customer survey 2 3 4 4
Current Statistics As of 20 February 2012, the number of domains in .РФis 781,793 priority registration (from 25-Nov-2009 to 16-Sep-2010) openregistration (from 11-Nov-2010)
New Terms & Conditions • Unified terms & conditions in .RU & .РФ were introduced on 11th of November, 2011 • Domain name lifecycle: • Registration period - 1 year • Redemption period – 30 days • Deletion by registry • Available for registration
Current Statistics 70% of .РФ domains are delegated Distribution of .РФ domains between individuals and organizations tends to be the same as in .RU
Domain Names Usage Not identified - delegated, IP-address not identified Web-site: delegated, IP-address identified, http request OK Error - delegated, IP-address identified, http request error or connection error
Customers’ Attitude Survey • The survey was conducted by Reg.ru registrar ( 22.8% of 2nd level domain registrations in .РФ TLD) • Respondents: customers and resellers (professionals of the domain and hosting market, web-site owners, domain name holders, web designers, web-site developers, SEO). • Format: question + answer options (check-box), only 1 answer allowed
For what purpose did you register (are going to register) a domain .РФ?
If the web-site you frequent has address domain names in the Latin as well as in the Cyrillic alphabets, you key in an address in the browser:
Whatis your impression when you notice Cyrillic domains used in advertising?
Given the record of practical usage of a Cyrillic name to promote your business on-line, the key plus of the domain .РФ is:
Thank You ! Irina Danelia http://ccTLD.RU or http://кц.рф