Verisign, the registry operator for .com, .net and other domain names, is releasing a series of short, humorous videos this month promoting .com and .net domain names You can see the first 2 videos, Cake in …
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August: My Domain Name Renewals (571) And Drops (67)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. This month I renewed 571 domains and dropped 67 of them. So I dropped about 10.5% of the …
Read More »Donuts: “.COM has become diluted and meaningless. It adds nothing to an identity.”
Donuts, a New gTLD registry with more than 200 strings already released or coming soon, posted an article on it’s official blog with the title “The Importance of Semantics and Affinity, and the Meaninglessness of …
Read More »Why I Renewed 1,000 Domain Names In July And Dropped 130
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. This month I renewed almost 1,000 domains and dropped 130 of them. So I dropped about 11.5% of …
Read More »10 .COM Hand Registrations Versus 10 New gTLD Hand Registrations
I thought about posting my 10 latest .com hand registrations but then I thought why not include 10 of my New gTLD hand registrations as well for comparison? I am always looking to buy domains …
Read More »Verisign Q1 2014 Report: 128.5 million .com and .net domains, 4% increase from Q1 2013
VeriSign, Inc., the global leader in domain names, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2014. First Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $249 million for the …
Read More »Infographic: 271 million domain names registered worldwide
Here is the infographic Verisign published announcing that 5 million domain names were added to the Internet in Q4 of 2013, bringing the registered domain names to a total of 271 million worldwide. Compared to last …
Read More »Verisign: 271 million domains worldwide (7.3% increase in 2013)
Verisign today announced that five million domain names were added to the Internet in Q4 of 2013, bringing the registered domain names total to 271 million worldwide. Compared to last year, worldwide registrations have grown …
Read More »And the big winner of the first New gTLDs is: ‘Guru.com’
Guru.com, a freelance marketplace, is the big winner from the first New gTLDs roll out in the past couple of weeks that included the .guru New gTLD. Up until now .guru is by far the …
Read More »Verisign 2013 Report: 10% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth, 127.2 million .com/.net (5% increase)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the global leader in domain names, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and year ended Dec. 31, 2013. Verisign Registry Services added 1.29 million net new names …
Read More »Want to eliminate confusion? Get your brand .com first or bleed out!
Organize-It, a Michigan-based online retailer, bought the domain name and website OrganizeIt-Online.com from a California-based retailer with the same name. Both companies are storage and organizational products retailers. With this new domain/website purchase, Organize-It expands its …
Read More »My adventures in “Domain Name Hand Registration” circa 2014
Hand registration is hard! I participated in the hand registration contest that Elliot run on his blog at DomainInvesting.com. I came up 3rd with 49 votes. Thanks to those who voted for me. My list was …
Read More »Verisign Q1 2013 Report: net 1.99 million more .com/.net, 8.8 million new registrations, 15% revenue growth
VeriSign, Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Verisign got a 15% year-over-year revenue growth in Q1 2013. The domain related numbers are: Verisign Registry Services added 1.99 million net …
Read More »Verisign’s 2012 Q4 Domain Data: 252 million domains worldwide, 121 million .com and .net (INFOGRAPHIC)
Yesterday, Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by more than six million domain names in the fourth quarter of 2012. The total number of …
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