AT-LARGE GATEWAY
At-Large Regional Policy Engagement Program (ARPEP)
ALAC Liaisons and Representatives
At-Large Review Implementation Plan Development
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| # | Measure related to End-User Trust | Source | Anticipated Difficulties in | 3-year target | |||||
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End-User Confusion | |||||||||
| 14.1 | Frequency of success in reaching the intended information supplier through direct entry of domain names | Survey of end-users; SEO research | Note 1 | Neutral or increase | |||||
| 14.2 | Frequency of landing at unintended destinations | Survey of end users, SEO analytics | Note 1 Selective sampling of analytics may help determine the success of typo-squatting or other unintended destinations | Neutral or decrease | |||||
| 14.3 | Frequency of redundant or defensive domains (ie, multiple domains pointing to the same destination) | Survey of registrants | Note 2 | Neutral or decrease | |||||
| 14.4 | Frequency of dead-end domains (registered but do not resolve) | Registry data + automated sampling | Note 3 | Proportion relative to total domains should decrease | |||||
| 14.5 | Numbers of complaints received by ICANN regarding improper use of domains | ICANN | Supplements GNSO metric 1.9 by ayssessing volume of end-user complaints (which may not come from name owners or result in URS/UDRP action) | ||||||
Growth in use of both domain-based and non-domain-based alternatives for Internet resource access | |||||||||
| 25.1 | Relative preference of explicit use of domain names versus search engines for end-user general Internet use | Survey of end users; SEO analytics | Note 1 | Note 4 | |||||
| 25.2 | Growth in use of hosted pages for organizations (such as Facebook or Google+) | Market research | Ie, ComScore | Note 4 | |||||
| 25.3 | Growth in use of QR codes | Market research | ie, ScanLife | Note 4 | |||||
| 25.4 | Growth in use of URL shortening services | Market research | Note 4 | ||||||
| 25.5 | Growth in registrations in ccTLDs relative to gTLDs | Registry data | Note 3 | A significant increase in the use of ccTLDs could mean reduced trust in generic TLDs. | |||||
| 25.6 | Growth of Software Defined Networking (SDN) as alternatives alternative to the DNS | Market research | Note 4 | ||||||
Complaints to, and action taken by, police, regulatory agencies and advocacy groups | |||||||||
| 36.1 | Number of consumer complaints to government agencies related to confusing or misleading domain names | Government regulatory agencies | Establishing relationships with consumer protection and regulatory agencies may be difficult to initiate; however ICANN is expected to have such relationships in place anyway, either directly or through GAC representatives | Proportion relative to total domains should decrease | |||||
| 36.2 | Number of complaints to police agencies aledging fraud or misrepresentation based on – or traced to – domain names | Law enforcement agencies | ICANN already has existing communications with LEA groups. Supplements GNSO metrics 1.15 and 1.16 buy adding complaints as well as remedial action | ||||||
| 36.3 | Number of fraud investigations where WHOIS information positively assisted investigation and identification of offending parties | Law enforcement agencies | |||||||
Transparency of contact information and domain-allocation policies for all gTLDs | |||||||||
| 47.1 | How many gTLD registries have privacy policies which are clearly and easily accessible by end users | Registry websites | Manual auditing | As many as possible | |||||
| 47.2 | How many gTLD registries have allocation policies which are clearly and easily accessible by end users | Registry websites | Manual auditing | As many as possibleSee Note 5 | |||||
| 47.3 | How many registries disclose end-user information regarding their codes of conduct for sub-domain owner/operators | Registry websites | Manual auditing | As many as possible See Note 5 | |||||
| 7.4 | How many registries have been the subject of complaints related to their Public Interest Commitnents (PICs) | ICANN | |||||||
| 7.5 | How many registries have lost a dispute resolution process related to their PICs | ICANN | |||||||
Accuracy of new gTLD promotion to end users | |||||||||
| 58.1 | How many complaints are received by ICANN related to confusion or misunderstanding of TLD functions | ICANN | |||||||
| 58.2 | How many registries uphold to their Public Interest Committments | ICANN, independent audit | Whether or not PICs are enforceable, they are public and likely indicate how each registry is marketed | 5.3 | How many registries are subject to Compliance investigation based on breaches of RRA related to objectives or PICsRAA | ICANN | |||
Technical issues encountered (including application support) | |||||||||
| 69.1 | Are end-user software applications capable of implementing all of the new gTLDs; Can browsers and DNS clients in end-user systems resolve all new gTLDs | Audit | All major browsers and operating systems should have versions capable of resolving all new gTLDs, including IDNs | ||||||
| 69.2 | Which browsers or other end-user applications require plugins or user-installed enhancements in order to use new gTLDs | Audit | Support should preferably be native rather than as an add-in | ||||||
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- As the scope of ALAC and ICANN itself is global, we anticipate and expect that any metrics to be measured by survey (both the ALAC and GNSO metrics) would need to be globally distributed and multi-lingual
- External sources (such as business intelligence publications) can supplement (and reduce the cost of) customized surveys.
- An automated system could sample random second-level domains to perform based on lists of domain names supplied by registries. The witholding of source data for metrics by contracted parties, in order to prevent collection of metrics which may be perceived to reflect upon them negatively, could impact the metrics and prevent ICANN from accurately measuring end-user trust
- Significant growth in alternative methods of accessing Internet services may indicate a corresponding reduction in the relative trust of domain names to perform the same function. When possible, statistics should provide comparison with similar statistics for legacy TLDs.This metric was originally listed in the GNSO metrics report, but was removed (over ALAC objections) and re-introduced here
