GoDaddy reports increase in domain registrations related to baby.
I have to admit, I don’t really get this royal baby nonsense. But it’s still the top news story today, even on the U.S. version of CNN.com.
Punters* are lining up to cash in on the name of Prince William and Catherine Middleton’s baby. GoDaddy reports that, as of yesterday evening, it had seen a spike of 2x-4x (in the previous 24 hours) in domain names registered that included possible names of the royal baby: George, James, Alexander, Louis, and Arthur.
The numbers aren’t huge – about 200 in 24 hours. Given the variety of names, it’s hard to tell if this is more or less interesting than guessing the name of a pope. The registrar reports that registrations including the word “prince” were up 5x during the same 24 hour period.
It might also be interesting to see how many registrations are specific to the .co.uk domain name. [Update: over 200 “george” domains were registered on 7/24, and 21% were from UK customers.]
* I use the term “punters” here, because The Economist uses that word all the time. Thus, I assume that’s how Brits refer to bettors and gamblers.
The world is sitting in front of a TV/computer screen celebrating the birth of someone who probably won’t work a single day in his entire life. If this isn’t a nonsense, I don’t know what it is.
Well, now it’s official, and the tike’s name is revealed. My reg of PrinceElmerQuentonReginaldWindsor.co.uk is a royal waste of money.
I thought the word “punter” in British English referred to the customer of a prostitute.
It’s a lot better than the word used for such persons in the United States, which drives me bananas.
With all these royal craze…..I can’t resist myself to register RoyalBabyApps.com
I think it can be great for all royal babies in the world including England, Denmark, Sweden, Finland etc….or even China, Brunei,Saigon etc…..
RoyalBabyApps.com can be great apps for baby health food, baby products, fashion, toys, baby security and anything related to baby essentials….or great for baby apps for app games, baby music…..and lots of fun related to baby apps…..
So, why not…..it’s all fun to celebrate our Prince George……..