Domain Masters : verisign

Domain Names Keep Growing Despite new TLDs Fears

'Net Features : wm-domains — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The domain name industry seems to be doing just fine despite all the hullabaloo about the coming introduction of those new gTLD’s. Verisign has just published its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief which shows that more than 6 million domain names were added to the Internet in the final quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of registered domain names to more than 252 million worldwide across all TLD’s – a 2.5% increase over Q3 2012 and the eighth straight quarter with growth over 2%. Worldwide TLD registrations grew by 26.6 million, or 11.8%, year over year in 2012. As of Dec. 31, 2012, the base of registered names in .com equaled 106.2 million names, while .net equaled 14.9 million names. Other interesting facts from the report include: - The .com and .net renewal rate for Q4 2012 was 72.9 percent (up slightsly from the previous quarter - The base of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 110.2 million domain names, a 5 percent increase quarter over quarter, and a 21.6 percent increase year over year in the base. - 64% of domains had multi-page websites, 21% had one page websites and 15% had no websites at all....(read more)

Domain Stats to Know

'Net Features : wm-domains — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:34:00 GMT

Verisign released their quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief for the 3rd quarter of 2012 this week. Q3 ended with just over 246 million registered domain names (across all TLDs). In total, 5.7 million domains were added, a 2.4 percent increase in total registrations representing the seventh consecutive quarter of more than 2 percent growth. Clearly, social and apps aren’t taking away from the domain name industry as dramatically as some pundits suggested. Year-over-year growth increased 12 percent with 26.4 million names added over the previous 12 months. The .com extension remains, far and away, the most popular extension according to results included in the recent Verisign report. As of the end of September 2012, there were e 105 million .com domains and 14.9 million .net names. It’s not all good news for the domain name industry however. The .com and .net renewal rate for 2012’s third quarter was down slightly to to 72.5% after a 72.9% rate in the second quarter. There was also a 1.1 percent drop in new .com ad /net registrations. Another interesting domain name related news items comes from WIPO – the World Intellectual Property Organization – which received a record number of UDRP complaints in 2012. WIPO reported 2,879 cases were filed in 2012, compared to 2, 764 in 2012....(read more)

Verisign’s New Top Level Domain Plans

Pete Prestipino — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:57:00 GMT

Verisign will apply for several new top level domain names, said Senior VP and GM of Verisign Naming Services Pat Kane, during its most recent Q4 earnings announcement. Just how many you ask? “About 12” indicated Kane, and most will be internationalized domain names (IDN).

The company also said that VeriSign has already been selected as the registry provider by several brands that will apply for new top level domains. It did not reveal any numbers, although the company has predicted there will be 1,000 to 1,500 total new TLD applications. \

Verisign Registry Services ended the quarter with approximately 113.8 million active .com and .net domain names, representing an 8% increase year-over-year. Verisign also added 7.9 million new domain name registrations (a 4% increase).

Domain Name Growth at Verisign

Pete Prestipino — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:33:00 GMT

Verisign announced that the global base of internet domain names grew by nearly 3.8 million in the third quarter of 2010.

Registrations increased 7% year over year to $13.3 million. VeriSign stated that the combined base of .com and .net domain names crossed 103 million. New .com and .net registrations totaled 7.5 million during the third quarter, an increase of 7% from a year ago. The .com/.net renewal rate for the third quarter was 72.8%, down from 73.2% for the second quarter.

The base of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 79.2 million domain names, up 2.4% year from a year ago.

VeriSign's average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load during third quarter 2010 was 66 billion per day, with a peak of 78 billion.