Throw some glitter and order some hemp oil. That's what domain name registrants did last month. Verisign has started a monthly feature of the top 10 "trending" keywords used in new .com and .net domain name registrations. The trending keywords are ... Continue Reading3 Comments
How is .Com? Verisign discusses, and signs 11 IDN contracts
· UncategorizedVerisign signs transliteration TLD contracts, discusses the state of .com. There was a lot of interesting information in yesterday's Verisign quarterly investor conference call. First, the company said it signed 11 contracts for its IDN ... Continue Reading4 Comments
8.2 million .com/.net registrations in Q4
· UncategorizedVerisign reports Q4 results. Verisign reported earnings for the 4th quarter of 2014 today. 8.2 million .com/.net domain names were registered in the quarter, the same as in the 4th quarter of 2013. When you take out deletions, the combined zones ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Why .com had a good quarter (and .net didn’t )
· UncategorizedThank the Chinese and discount pricing for continued demand for .com domain names. Verisign handled 8.7 million new registrations in .com and .net in the third quarter this year, the most ever in a third quarter. That amounted to 1.15 million domain ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Verisign’s new videos: Make your Idea Official [watch]
· UncategorizedClever video series promotes registering a domain name as the first step in a business idea. Verisign released a couple videos today as part of its "Make your Idea Official" campaign. The videos remind me a bit of more recent humorous ads from GoDaddy. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign stock jumps after earnings report
· UncategorizedStock investors still think .com is king. Verisign reported earnings yesterday and shares in the company are up 12% in trading so far today. Why the jump in share price after a dismal quarter for net domain name adds? Well, Citigroup upgraded the ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Verisign: 271 million domain names registered
· UncategorizedUniverse of registered domain names slowing ticking upward. Verisign has resumed publishing its Domain Name Industry Brief, a report it used to publish quarterly. The company reports (pdf) that there were 271 million domain names registered as of ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Check out what this company did with its .Co domain name
· UncategorizedIt's not .com. Every once in a while I see a .co domain name around town. One of my favorites is mow.co, which is used by a local lawn mowing service. I was flipping through the Angie's List magazine last night and saw an ad for a local window ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Verisign: we’re not afraid of new TLDs, and IDN transliterations will be delayed
· ServicesA defense of .com's staying power and bad news for IDN.com investors. On its investor conference call yesterday afternoon, Verisign CEO James Bidzos explained why he isn't afraid of new top level domain names. Also, in a blow to IDN.com investors, the ... Continue Reading18 Comments
NameBright offers $4.99 .com domain names in November
· Domain RegistrarsNew registrar offering below-cost pricing in promotion. I don't usually write about domain name registrars offering discounts, but this one seemed like it was worth passing on. NameBright.com - the domainer-created domain name registrar that I wrote ... Continue Reading33 Comments