According to Verisign's Zone File Information site the total amount of .com/.net registered as of today is 119,700,000 million As of March 31st the amount of .com/.net domains stood at 116.7 million domain names. As of the March Verisign State of the Domain Report ".com/.net registrations grew 8.1 % over the first quarter of 2011" or 8.9 million during the first quarter of 2012" So we … [Read more...]
Verisign Report: 233 Million Domains Registered; 7.5 Million Added; 116.7 .Com/.Net Registrations
Verisign Published its State of the Domain Report for the quarter ending March 31, 2012. (pdf) The first quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 233 million domain name registrations across all Top-Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 7.5 million domain names, or 3.3 percent, over the fourth quarter of 2011. Registrations have grown by 23 million, or 11 percent, since the first … [Read more...]
ICANN Board Approves Renewal Of Verisign Contract To Run .Com for Another 6 Years
The ICANN board just issued a resolution renewing the Contract with Verisign to run the .com registry for another six years. Under the contract Verisign has the right to increase the wholesale price of .com 7% in any 4 of the six years of the contract. I appears the Board of ICANN did not adopt any of the suggestions made during the comment period Here is the resolution: "Whereas, the … [Read more...]
ICANN’s Public Comment Period On Renewal Of Verisign Contract Closes Thursday
ICANN public comment period for the .com Registry Agreement renewal ends on Thursday April 26th. As you know, under the terms of the renewal contract Verisign will be able to raise their wholesale price on .com registration 7% in 4 out of the next 6 years. You can submit you comments on the contract to com-renewal@icann.org. You will get an email from ICANN acknowledging the comment … [Read more...]
Verisign Launches Hashlink For Domains
Verisign has just launched a new product called Verisign Domain Hashlink Here is the info from their site: "Verisign Domain Hashlink makes URLs shorter, easy-to-remember and friendlier to your users." "You've worked hard to secure a web address – and keep its site content up-to-date, relevant and useful for its visitors. Now there's a new way to help make it work even harder: by making … [Read more...]
Verisign Report May Indicate That The Number Of Parked Domains Looks To Be In Significant Decline
Verisign released its Domain Name Industry Brief yesterday for the 4th quarter of 2011. At one time Verisign reported the number of parked domains but stopped that practice a few years back. The last time Verisign reported the number or percentage of parked domains on a .com or a .net domain name that number totaled 7%. In recent years Verisign has been lumping parked domains into a … [Read more...]
Verisign Reports 2011 Closed With 225 Million Domain Registrations: .Com/Net Almost 114 Million
Verisign just published its Domain Name Industry Brief report for the 4th Quarter of 2011. The fourth quarter of 2011 closed with a base of more than 225 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), which represents a 10 percent increase since the fourth quarter of 2010. The .com and .net TLDs reached 113.8 million names combined at the end of the fourth quarter of … [Read more...]