Category Archives: Registries

News, Views, and Info About Domain Name Registries – Domain Name Registries Manage the Central Databases for Domain Names (Kind of like the Wholesalers of the Domain Name Industry).

Domain News and Views

Verisign Releases Domain Name Industry Brief 2016 ended with just under 330M domain name registrations across all top level domains (TLDs). That’s about a 2.3 million name increase over the previous quarter. Domains grew at a rate of 6.8 percent … Continue reading

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Strong New gTLD Growth Rates – Infographic

The Domain Name Association (DNA) released an infographic today illustrating the rapid growth rates of new generic Top Level Domain names. The chart depicts year over year growth of total domains, country-code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs), .com and .net, and … Continue reading

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No Daddy – No Godaddy Superbowl Ad This Year.

Adage Magazine and other media outlets have reported that Godaddy is sitting out this year’s Superbowl. They’ve been advertising on it since 2005 so it’s a disappointment to the domain name industry. We have a lot to thank them for. … Continue reading

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Domain Name News and Info Resources

A good friend of mine asked me for a list of favorite domain name news sources.  I’ve decided that this is post-worthy!  There are several places to get news about the domain name industry that I like to frequent. They … Continue reading

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