LOGO A presentation for APTLD Meeting New Delhi, India, 23 February 2012.РФ update

Contents General statistics 1 Customer survey

Current Statistics priority registration (from 25-Nov to 16-Sep-2010) open registration (from 11-Nov- 2010) As of 20 February 2012, the number of domains in.РФ is 781,793

New Terms & Conditions  Unified terms & conditions in.RU &.РФ were introduced on 11 th of November, 2011  Domain name lifecycle:  Registration period - 1 year  Redemption period – 30 days  Deletion by registry  Available for registration 4

New registrations & deletions 5

Current Statistics 6

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8 Distribution of.РФ domains between individuals and organizations tends to be the same as in.RU 70% of.РФ domains are delegated

Domain Names Usage 9 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 2 nd 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 10

11 For what purpose did you register (are going to register) a domain.РФ?

12 The main advantage of the.РФ domain is :

13 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:

14 What is your impression when you notice Cyrillic domains used in advertising?

15 In your opinion, in the future.РФ TLD will:

16 Given the record of practical usage of a Cyrillic name to promote your business on-line, the key plus of the domain.РФ is:

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