Options, Limos among popular keywords in new .com domains. Verisign has published its monthly "trending" keywords report, which finds keywords that have suddenly become more popular in .com domain name registrations. Based on the results, it would ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Kevin Ham and Mike Mann let these prize-winning domain names expire
· UncategorizedDomains that won $5,000 in Verisign contest used to be owned by well-known domain name investors. Verisign found some great domains for the final five $5,000 winners in its Internet Official contest. All five were previously registered. ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.Com winners and losers
· Domain RegistrarsHere's how registrars fared with .com in February. ICANN has published the latest Verisign .com monthly report, containing data from February. Let's start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations: 1. GoDaddy ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Nepal, Cuba and IoT are trending in domain names
· UncategorizedNews stories generate domain name registrations. Verisign has released its list of trending terms in .com and .net domain name registrations last month. A couple of terms are directly related to news stories: Nepal, which is recovering from ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.Com domain name winners and losers
· Domain RegistrarseNom and Uniregistry do well on transfers, GoDaddy and eNom lead in new registrations. ICANN just published the most recent .com transactions report, reflecting registrar results for .com from January. There were no major outliers from January in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Verisign reports earnings, 1.51 million net adds
· Domain RegistrarsCompany reports continued growth in domain name registrations and base. Verisign reported first quarter earnings after the bell today, including some fairly solid numbers for new registrations and net additions in .com/.net. 8.7 million new .com and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
The history of Verisign’s Internet Official contest winners
· ServicesVerisign contest hits its goal in first round. Verisign has announced the first five winners in its Internet Official contest, a promotion designed to show that good .com domain names are still available. The domain names selected have interesting ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Survey says .Com performs better than new TLDs
· UncategorizedSurvey says that people more likely to click and recall .com domain names. Interbrand, ostensibly on behalf of Verisign, has released an infographic showing results from a 1,000 person survey about the power of .com. The survey shows that people ... Continue Reading13 Comments
.Com’s biggest winners and losers
· Domain RegistrarsUniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Why Sonic.net rebranded as Sonic, and how it got Sonic.com
· Domain SalesNearly decades after it was founded, Sonic.net acquired the matching .com domain name and rebranded. When Dane Jasper co-founded California ISP and telecom company Sonic.net in 1994, he settled on .net because the .com was already taken. Another ... Continue Reading13 Comments