The State of the Domain Name Industry

Tobias WannMarch 25, 2010

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Congratulations!

10th Anniversary

But there‘s another important milestone to be celebrated this March...

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The first .com name to become registered?

1985: What happened that year in the USSR?

How many % of today’s world population is connected to Internet?

Did you know?

How many other .com

were registered in 1985?

How many times is the Domain Name System used per day?

How many websites are on the Internet today?

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Innovation on the Internet

www.25yearsof.com

Industry Events

Innovation Grants

.com 25 Awards

Registrar Campaigns

howdoyou.com?

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A Year Long Celebration

Follow the 2010 happenings on www.25yearof.com, Facebook & Twitter:

Find out more about:

Campaign News

Event Information Overview

.com 25 Awards

List of 75 nominees

List of judges

Historic timeline of .com

Links to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.

Video interviews with top .com influencers

“How do you .com?” consumer contest

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Check It Out

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Businesses and individuals have registered

192,000,000+ domain names

around the world.

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192M domain name registrations worldwide at the end of Q4 2009– 2% growth over Q3 2009– 8% growth year over year (Q4

2009)

Sources: Zooknic, January 2010, VeriSign, January 2010

Worldwide Domain Registration Growth

Domain Name Industry Ends 2009 at 192 Million

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11M new domain names registered in Q4 2009– 8% increase over

Q3 2009

New Registration Growth

Source: Zooknic, January 2010; VeriSign, January 2010; ICANN Monthly Reports

Global New Domain Name Registrations

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.com / .net Domain Names: Quarterly Base

Source: VeriSign, January 2010

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1Q07 2Q07 3Q07 4Q07 1Q08 2Q08 3Q08 4Q08 Q109 2Q09 3Q09 4Q09

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.com / .net Domain Name: Quarterly New Units

Source: VeriSign, January 2010

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Domain Names Resolving to a Web Site

Approximately 88% of .com and .net domain names resolve to a Web site

Source: VeriSign, January 2010. Percentages are estimates.

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.com / .net Domain Names: Renewal Rates

Source: VeriSign, February 2010

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Source: Zooknic, January 2010

Total ccTLD Registrations

The ccTLD domain name base grew:– 3% over quarter over quarter– 10% over year over year

Top 10 represent 66% of total ccTLDs

ccTLDs grow to 78.6 Million

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Domain Names in Russian Federation

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.ru .com/.net .org .biz .info

32% growth

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.com Turns 25

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www.verisign.com/domainbriefDomain Name Industry Brief available online now!