Domain Name Registrations Reaching 200 Million World Wide

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Domain Name Registrations Reaching 200 Million World Wide

By CircleID Reporter
September 22, 2010, 7:38 pm PDT Views: 7,454 Add Comment

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The global base of domain names grew by more than 3 million in the second quarter of 2010, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief, published by VeriSign, Inc. According to the report, the domain name industry ended the second quarter of 2010 with a base of more than 196.3 million domain name registrations across all of the Top-Level Domain Names (TLDs). The combined base of .com and .net domain names surpassed 100 million, finishing the quarter with an adjusted zone size of 101.5 million. New .com and .net registrations totaled 7.9 million during the second quarter, an increase of 13 percent from a year ago.

Also reported are the largest TLDs in terms of base size, in order: .com, .de (Germany), .net, .uk, .org, .cn, .info, .nl (Netherlands), .eu (European Union), and .ru (Russian Federation).

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