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...]
A Pure Drop Domain Formerly Owned By Verisign, ePhoto.com Sells On SnapNames.com For $16K
The domain name ePhoto.com just sold on SnapNames.com for $16,000. The high bidder's ID was Maxbid. In all there were 174 bidders in the auction with 7 bidding $5K or more. The domain name ePhoto.com was a pure drop domain, meaning it didn't drop to a certain service, and could have been caught by anyone. According to DomainTools appears to have been last owned by Verisign and … [Read more...]
Verisign Domain Name Industry Report For 3rd Q Is Out: 220 Million Domains: 112 Million .Com/.Net’s
Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), just issued its Domain Name Industry Brief Report for the third quarter of 2011. As of September 30, 2011 there are nearly 220 million domain names registered worldwide across all extensions and out of which 112 Million are .com and .net domain names. The increase of 4.9 million domain names equates to a growth rate of 2.3% over the second quarter of 2011, and … [Read more...]
VeriSign: State Of The Domain Report: 215 Million Domain Names Registered; 8.6% Increase: 110 Million .Com/.Net
Verisign just published its quarterly Domain Industry Report for the quarter ending June 30, 2011 and here are some of the highlights: The second quarter of 2011 closed with a base of 215 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), which represents a 2.5% increase over the first quarter of 2011 and a 16.9 million, or 8.6% year-over-year increase. Verisign’s … [Read more...]
Pure Opinion: Oversee.net Should Disclose The Traffic Numbers Of Those Verisign High Score Domains
Yesterday I wrote about a flash auction Oversee was holding on over 600 domain names "recently registered by SnapNames due to their high Verisign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” As of time of publication, 24 domain names have bids. The auctions expire over the next three days with Sunday having the most closing auctions. This is a ground breaking auction in some … [Read more...]
Verisign Domain Report: Over 205 Million Domain Name Registrations & .Org is Catching up
Verisign just published its quarterly Domain Report for the quarter ending December 31, 2010 (pdf) According to the report as of December 31, 2010 there are over 205 Million domains registered an increase of 1.7% from the 3rd quarter and 6.3% from a year ago. .org moved up the chart from 5th most registrations to 4th most displacing .co.uk Of the more than 205 Million domains, 80 million … [Read more...]