According to zone file for the .com registry the number of .Com domain name registrations has passed 113.5 Million domains for the first time. Of course everyday tens of thousands of .com domains are deleted for non-renewal and tens of thousands are more are registered. Most days result in a net positive gain for the .com registry while its also not unusually to see a net loss for certain … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Here Is The GAC Communique From The ICANN London That Was Just Released
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) has just issued its Communique from the ICANN London meeting. It has been the practice of the GAC to issue such a Communique at the end of each ICANN meeting outlining its decisions its advice to the ICANN Board and any developments or other thoughts arising out of the meeting. Here it is: 1. Transition of US Stewardship of IANA and Strengthening … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals .Tools 1,759.Supplies 1,143; .Parts 1,010; .Supply 864; .Industries 566
Several new gTLD's went into its first day of general availability yesterday. For the second week in a row, no new gTLD that launched had any particularly great results. Matter of fact the total amount of all the new gTLD's that went into GA yesterday was just over 5,500 domains Here are the total number of registrations after the 1st day of general availability including all Sunrise … [Read more...]
Afnic: “Launch of the new TLDs: validity of the 50/50 law”
French Study Has Some Interesting Assumptions Afnic the organization that governs the .fr extension put out a report where they took a look at the 50/50 law and how it correlates to new gtlds. It seems the study refers to a law they say is well known among domain professionals. I am not sure this is well known, if it is true then some new gtlds are in for a tough time. One of the points of … [Read more...]
Our 7000th Post on TheDomains
204 days after hitting post #6000 TheDomains.com has reached post #7000. This post is actually 7,001 number 7000 is here Thank you to all our readers and advertisers who come each day and read and comment. Yesterday was actually the third highest traffic day in the history of the site, a testament to the hard work Michael has put in to keep the site moving forward and not slowing down. … [Read more...]
If Google Domains Is Going To Be About New gTLD’s, Google.Domains Should Be Resolving
The domain name world is still chatting about this weeks announcement that Google is getting into the domain registrar business. The "official site" right now for Google Domains is a subdomain of Google.com: domains.google.com If you type in GoogleDomains.com into your browser you will be re-directed to the subdomain. However if you type in the domain name … [Read more...]
Google Releases Data to Help With Adwords Confusion
Google has released a couple pieces of data over the last two days that are worth reviewing for those who use the Google Adwords product. Google released a white paper to try to dispel some myths when it comes to the subject of quality score. As Ginny Marvin pointed out on Search Engine Land, There has always been a healthy amount of debate over the importance of Quality Score as an indicator … [Read more...]