The .ie ccTLD has reported strong growth during the 2nd quarter of 2011: The IEDR’s quarterly registrations report shows that the total number of .ie domains now stands at over 165,000 with a total of 20,995 domains being registered in the period from January to June this year, a 10% increase on the 19,099 domains registered in the same period last year. These new … [Read more...] about Irish Domain Registry Reporting Growth
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French Domain Registry AFNIC Breaks New Record
The French domain name registry, AFNIC, which manages .fr, the country code for France, announced earlier today that they had broken the 2 million domain name mark.Congrats! … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry AFNIC Breaks New Record
AFNIC Publish Annual Domain Industry Report
AFNIC, the registry for .fr, has published their annual domain industry report. A couple of highlights: .fr grew by 21% during 2009-2010 76% of French internet users expect companies to be using a .fr domain name … [Read more...] about AFNIC Publish Annual Domain Industry Report
Italian ccTLD Registry Tops 2 Million Name Mark
In the last hour or so the .it registry topped the 2 million names registered mark. They hit the 1.5 million name mark in March 2008. … [Read more...] about Italian ccTLD Registry Tops 2 Million Name Mark
SE Registry Breaks One Million Name Mark
The Swedish domain name registry has announced that they have breached the one million domain name mark. Danny Aerts, CEO of the .se registry, is obviously delighted with the milestone: Achieving one million is confirmation that we have succeeded in making .se the obvious top domain choice in Sweden Full story on their site … [Read more...] about SE Registry Breaks One Million Name Mark
Russian ccTLD Breaks 3 Million Mark
The Russian ccTLD, .ru, has broken the 3 million mark in terms of domains registered. At time of writing there are over 3 million active domain registrations. While any milestone is impressive the fact that this comes after the Russian registry tightened controls on domain registrations renders this news particularly noteworthy. … [Read more...] about Russian ccTLD Breaks 3 Million Mark
Eurid Report Shows Registrants Prefer Local Registrars
Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, have released a report in relation to how registrants register their .eu domain names ie. if you are based in country X, are you more likely to use a registrar based "in country" or go overseas? The results show that 65% of registrants stay with a domestic registrar, 18% choose another registrar in the EU, while 17% choose a registrar from … [Read more...] about Eurid Report Shows Registrants Prefer Local Registrars
Get Independent Domain Statistics – For Free!
Some ideas are so incredibly simple, yet they solve a very obvious problem.One such problem is domain name statistics.In this case I'm talking about parked domains. If you buy and sell domains it can help both parties to know how much traffic (and revenue) a domain is actually getting - as opposed to what the seller might like you to think. And of course getting those figures … [Read more...] about Get Independent Domain Statistics – For Free!
Happy Birthday .uk!
2010 is the year that .com celebrates 25 years, but it's also the year the .uk marks a quarter of a century.Over 25 years the .uk namespace has grown and grown to become one of the most widely used addresses on the internet outside of .comThe growth pattern is quite interesting.During the first 11 years only 26 thousand domains were registered. One million names were in the … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday .uk!
DNS.be Release Figures Of Domain Usage
DNS.be, the registry operator for the .be namespace, has released figures on .be usage.According to the report, which was released earlier today, there are over 600 thousand websites using .be. In real terms this means that roughly 7 out of 10 .be domains is actively being used for websites. Of course, as the report points out, just because a .be doesn't direct to a website … [Read more...] about DNS.be Release Figures Of Domain Usage