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Industry reports
Verisign Sets .web Dates: .com Owners Get Priority, but Only at the Same Registrar
by Natalia Nowak · 13 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
Verisign has set the .web dates. Before general registration opens on April 6, 2027, eligible .com owners can claim the matching .web at their registrar.
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Malware That Shows AI a Clean Site: Five Real Cases With Monarx’s Aaron Campbell
by Natalia Nowak · 13 Nov 2026 · 9 min read
Malware that shows AI a clean site, ChatGPT-drafted support tickets and a WordPress flaw found with AI for about $25 in model costs: five cases with Monarx.
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Verisign Drops Plan to Delete Existing Third-Level .name Domains
by Natalia Nowak · 11 Nov 2026 · 3 min read
Verisign has dropped its plan to delete existing third-level .name domains and will keep supporting them while at least one registrar offers them.
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What “Unlimited” Hosting Means at 10 Major Hosts: Storage Caps and Limits Beyond the Plan Page
by Natalia Nowak · 9 Nov 2026 · 6 min read
DreamHost's Unlimited Policy is now "Legacy." Across 10 hosts, every entry plan has a storage figure, and "unlimited" survives mainly on bandwidth.
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Most Domains Leaving Hostinger and Namecheap DNS Go to Expiry Pages, Not Rivals
by Natalia Nowak · 4 Nov 2026 · 5 min read
About 64% of domains leaving Hostinger's DNS and 70% of those leaving Namecheap's went to expiry pages, not to rivals, by our count.
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Who Owns Europe’s Largest Hosting Markets: IONOS Controls the Leader in Germany, Poland and Spain
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Nov 2026 · 9 min read
The four largest Swiss-owned hosts hold 39.8% of .ch domains by our count, while the UK has one British-owned operator among its eight largest.
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GoDaddy Q3 2026: Domains Lifted Its Core Segment. The Rest, Including Hosting, Fell $7.4M
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Nov 2026 · 4 min read
GoDaddy's Core segment grew $33.2 million in Q3. Domain revenue rose $40.6 million, while Core revenue outside domains, hosting included, fell $7.4 million.
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How Hosting Companies Make Money in 2026: Six Models Compared
by Natalia Nowak · 30 Oct 2026 · 12 min read
Renewals, domains, usage, acquisitions, capacity and licenses: how six hosting business models earn their money in 2026, from their own filings.
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How Hostinger Decides What to Build, Give Away and Drop
by Natalia Nowak · 30 Oct 2026 · 8 min read
Hostinger's chief product officer on plans without upsells, a mostly free AI agent and how the company decides which products to keep.
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PHP2Shell Timeline: How the Hosting Industry Reacted
by Natalia Nowak · 28 Oct 2026 · 21 min read
A timeline of how hosts, panels and distributions handled PHP2Shell, from the October 20 leak to CISA's October 26 KEV listing.
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