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Luxembourg, November 9th 2009 - EuroDNS announces the opening of a pre-registration period for .eu Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), based on a first-come, first-served model. Companies and individuals based in the European Union have now the opportunity to register domain names that contain non-Latin characters under the .eu domain.

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS states, “the opening of IDNs for the .eu is a huge step forwards for businesses and individuals in Europe. This implementation will support the 23 official languages of the European Union as well as the entire alphabets. However there won’t be any sunrise period and as it is on a first-come, first-served basis, it is crucial that customers and especially the owners of a registered trademark register in advance via our interface, www.eurodns.com, in order to secure their names”. 
IDNs are domain names that contain non-Latin characters. These characters include, for example, the Swedish å, the German ü, the Romanian ș, the Cyrillic й, Latin accents such as é and characters from the Bulgarian and Greek alphabets. The characters that will be supported can be found here: http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/idns-eu/supported-characters
 “IDNs are particularly important for .eu,” notes Marc Van Wesemael, EURid General Manager. “EURid supports all twenty-three official EU languages, and our employees come from twenty of the twenty-seven Member States. Supporting the use and growth of Internationalised Domain Names comes naturally to us.”
Another important technical aspect is the impossibility to mix scripts or characters from different scripts/alphabets in a single IDN, as some characters can look so similar that they cannot be differentiated. The maximum length of the IDN must be 63 characters after it is converted into the ACE string format needed by the Domain Name System (source: http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/idns-eu/idn-technical-limitations). 
The start of the registration for the .eu IDNs is December 10th 2009, during which EuroDNS will submit all domain names being pre-registered.
For more information, please check here: http://www.eurodns.com/eu-idn-registration/

Luxembourg November 3rd, 2009 - To celebrate the first year of the .CO.NL existence, EuroDNS announces a great promotion on the Dutch domain name extension. 
Register now your .CO.NL today for only 9, 99 Euros, using the promo code: CONL999, or click here. This discount is available until the end of December 2009. 
Sander Scholten, .CO.NL General Manager, says “this past year has been really hectic for us and it was interesting to see the gradual growth of the registrations of .CO.NL names. Not only were these names registered but they have also been actively used by their owners. Sub domains with the .CO.NL extension stand as a local alternative to the .NL, which has reached 3,6 Millions of domains. The decreasing availability of .NL names also strongly supports the existence of this alternative local extension. Besides, .CO.NL has some great international potential and traffic, and some of the best Key words for your business might still be available!”.
During the first priority phase, called Sunrise, a number of trademarks were registered such as www.podcast.co.nl, www.heineken.co.nl, www.bacardi.co.nl,www.coach.co.nl and www.google.co.nl. This phase was then followed by a successful Landrush and Go Live.  
The .co.xx extension counts for 20% of the worldwide country code domains and 45 countries are actually promoting their .co.xx actively. For example .co.uk has become a highly commercial and popular domain extension, with more than 7 Millions names registered by 2008. The same goes for.co.nz, the subdomain for .nz, New Zealand. The commercial aim of such a domain name extension is obvious and usually fewer restrictions are associated to a .co.xx, which makes it very attractive for an individual or a company not actually based in the country to which the extension belongs.
For more information on the .CO.NL go here, and benefit from the promo, by clicking on this link.

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EuroDNS announces the opening of a monthly promotion for the .ME domain extension. Get your .ME domain name for only 17 Euros, check here!

At the same time, get also a 50% promotion on the registration of your .COM and .NET!

The strength of the .ME is that the extension is not so much about the country it represents but more about the personal meaning attached to it. .ME registry has summarized the extension in one key sentence, “Me is about You”. There are also plenty of catchy names’ possibilities and marketing potential behind a .ME.  A few examples are : networkwith.me, interact-with.me, registerwith.me.  With more than 260,000 domains registered in less than a year, by people from 182 different countries, .ME has become a successful and popular extension

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, comments “we have launched the .ME in May last year and the results have been remarkable.  .ME offers so many possibilities in terms of marketing and innovativeness for companies, organizations and even for personal sites. To follow this positive and ongoing trend, we are launching every month a 2 weeks promotion. We are starting this month with a 30% off, using the promocode: 17ME10”.  .Me is recognized as “a true phenomenon among TLDs because of its unforgettable meaning and limitless word combination possibilities, .Me gives a truly personal tone to your domain name. If you are looking for a name that speaks for itself .Me is your best choice. Let .Me speak for your online business or personal blog”, states the .ME registry, Affilias.

The impact of .ME on businesses has been significant as they count for almost 60% of the totality of the .ME registered. The arguments for businesses to own a .ME include the possibility to protect the brand and to make it stand out more, compared to other competitors.
To register your .ME now, go here!