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===Recent Developments===
===Recent Developments===
In September, 2011, the city of London's official promoter, London & Partners, announced it was seeking proposals to run a [[.london]] [[GeoTLD]]. Nominet intends to respond, saying that they would run the space on a not-for-profit basis and turn the profits around to worthy causes, as the Nominet Trust already does.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/dot_london_is_on_its_way/ DotLondon is on its way, TheRegister.co.uk]</ref> Other bids are expected from other English companies, such as [[CentralNic]].
In September, 2011, the city of London's official promoter, London & Partners, announced it was seeking proposals to run a [[.london]] [[GeoTLD]]. Nominet intends to respond, saying that they would run the space on a not-for-profit basis and turn the profits around to worthy causes, as the Nominet Trust already does.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/dot_london_is_on_its_way/ DotLondon is on its way, TheRegister.co.uk]</ref> Other bids are expected from other English companies, such as [[CentralNic]].
In November, 2011, Nominet suspended over 2,000 domain names that were identified by Metropolitan police as belonging to people engaged in fraudulent retail activities. This is the third year it has been doing this pre-Christmas crackdown on illegal retail practices. It worked with the appropriate [[registrar]]s and notified the individuals in advance that there domains were being suspended as they were in breach of contract with Nominet.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/another-2000-uk-fraud-domains-taken-down/ UK Fraud Domains Taken Down, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
== Services offered ==
== Services offered ==
Nominet maintains the register of .uk domain names which has over eight million domain names. Nominet also maintains many second-level domains, such as:
Nominet maintains the register of .uk domain names which has over eight million domain names. Nominet also maintains many second-level domains, such as: