http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/domains/archive/tags/nominet/default.aspxTags: nominetenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/domains/archive/2010/11/08/the-state-of-uk-domain-registrations.aspxMon, 08 Nov 2010 17:22:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:15332Pete Prestipino0http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/domains/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=15332http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/domains/archive/2010/11/08/the-state-of-uk-domain-registrations.aspx#comments<hr /> <p><strong><img style="float:left;margin:15px;" src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/nominet-mini.png" width="73" height="73" alt="" />Nominet published its fourth annual Domain Name Report last week which reveals strong growth of 11% YoY in .uk registrations.</strong>&nbsp;<i>Additional findings of note from the report include:&nbsp;</i></p> <p>- Overall market for global domain names continues to grow, with a 6% increase<br />- March 2010 was the busiest month for new .uk registrations since the .com boom<br />- 80% of consumers in the UK prefer to use a .uk website over a .com website &ndash; up 3% on 2009<br />- .uk replaces China&rsquo;s .cn as the world&rsquo;s second largest country code Top Level Domain registry after .de<br />- .uk register forecasted to reach nine million domain name registrations by the end of 2010<br />- 65% of UK print and television advertising now includes domain names</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img style="float:left;" src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/sizeofukregister.png" width="562" height="267" alt="" /></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=15332" width="1" height="1">domainsnominetuk domain names