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ThE DOMAIN NAME INDUSTRY BRIEF VOLUME 8 - ISSUE 4 - DECEMBER 2011
ThE VERISIGN DOMAIN REPORT
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1 The gTLD and ccTLD data cted n th report are etate a o the te o th report and bject to change a ore coplete data receved.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe thrd qarter o 2011 cloed wth a bae o nearl
220 llon doan nae regtraton acro all Top Level
Doan (TLD), an ncreae o 4.9 l lon doan nae,
or 2.3 percent over the econd qarter. egtraton have
grown b ore than 18.0 llon, or 8.9 percent, nce the
thrd qarter o 2010.
The bae o Contr Code Top Level Doan (ccTLD)
wa 86.9 llon doan nae, a 2.7 percent ncreae
qarter over qarter, and a 9.8 percent ncreae ear over
ear n the bae.1
The .co and .net TLD experenced aggregate growth,
reachng a cobned total o 112 llon nae n the thrd
qarter o 2011. Th repreent a 1.8 percent ncreae
n the bae over the econd qarter o 2011 and an 8.2
percent ncreae over the ae qarter n 2010. ew
.co and .net regtraton totaled 7.9 llon drng the
qarter. Th reect a 5.9 percent ncreae ear over ear
n new regtraton, and a 2.3 percent decreae n new
regtraton ro the econd qarter.
The order o the top TLD n ter o zone ze changed
when copared to the econd qarter, a .tk (Tokela)
entered the rankng a the eventh larget TLD, droppng
.nl (etherland) ro eventh to eghth. lo, .r (an
federaton) and .e (ropean unon) changed place ro
the econd qarter and are now the nnth and tenth larget,
repectvel. fnall, .cn (Chna) no longer n the top 10
ater rankng eghth n the prevo qarter.
The larget TLD n ter o bae ze were, n order, .co,
.de (Geran), .net, .k (unted Kngdo), .org, .no, .tk, .nl,
.r and .e.
New Registration Growth
sorce: Zooknc, ctober 2011; Vergn, ctober 2011; iC monthl eport
.org/.biz/.info/.name/.mobi .com/.net ccTLDs
0
4,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
6,000,000
2,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
Q3 ‘10
Q4 ‘10 Q1 ‘11 Q2 ‘11 Q3 ‘11
Total Domain Name Registrations
sorce: Zooknc, ctober 2011; Vergn, ctober 2011
0
20,000,000
40,000,000
60,000,000
80,000,000
100,000,000
120,000,000
140,000,000
160,000,000
180,000,000
200,000,000
220,000,000
Q3 ‘10 Q4 ‘10
.name
.biz
.eu
.info
.org other TLDs
.uk
.cn
.net
.de
other ccTLDs
.com
Q1 ‘11 Q2 ‘11 Q3 ‘11
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2 soe ccTLD regtre ran prootonal progra drng the thrd qarter.
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ccTLD Breakdown
sorce: Zooknc, ctober 2011
2008 2009 2010 2011
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
72%70% 71% 71%70% 71% 72%
73% 73%73% 74%
Q1Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3Q2 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
73%
Q2
73%
Q3
.com/.net Registry Renewal Rates
sorce: Vergn, ctober 2011
0
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
80,000,000
90,000,000
Top 10 Total ccTLD
2009 2010 Q3 2011
CCTLD BREAKDOWN OF ZONE SIZETotal ccTLD regtraton were approxatel 86.9 llon
n the thrd qarter o 2011 wth the addton o 2.3 llon
doan nae, or a 2.7 percent ncreae copared to the
econd qarter. Th an ncreae o approxatel 7.8
llon doan nae, or 9.8 percent ro a ear ago.2
ong the 20 larget ccTLD, Brazl, trala, Tokela
and the an federaton each exceeded 4 percent
qarter over qarter growth. Lat qarter, three o the
top 20 exceeded the ae threhold.
There are ore than 240 ccTLD extenon globall,wth the top 10 ccTLD coprng 60 percent o all
regtraton.
.COM/.NET DYNAMICS
The .co/.net renewal rate or the thrd qarter o 2011
wa 73.3 percent, p ro 73.1 percent or the econd
qarter. enewal rate var qarter over qarter baed
on the copoton o the exprng nae bae and the
contrbton o pecc regtrar.
Top ccTLD Registries by Domain Name Base,
Third Quarter 2011
sorce: Zooknc, ctober 2011
1. .de (Geran) 6. .e (ropean unon)2. .k (unted Kngdo) 7. .cn (Chna)
3. .tk (Tokela) 8. .br (Brazl)4. .nl (etherland) 9. .ar (rgentna)
5. .r (an federaton) 10. .t (ital)
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100 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 9 0 100
Multiple Page Websites No Websites
12%68%
One Page Websites
20%
Whether a doan nae reolve to a webte a ke
actor n the renewal rate nce doan nae thatreolve to webte are ore lkel to be renewed. Vergn
etate that 88 percent o .co and .net doan nae
reolve to a webte, eanng that an end-er vtng that
doan nae wold nd a webte. Thee webte can
be rther decrbed a thoe havng ltple page or a
one-page webte. ne-page webte nclde nder-
contrcton, brochre-ware and parked page n addton
to onlne advertng revene generatng parked page.
Vergn’ average dal Doan ae ste (Ds) qer
load drng the qarter wa 59 bllon, wth a peak o 78
bllon. Copared to the prevo qarter, the dal averagencreaed 5 percent and the peak ncreaed 14 percent.
NEW GTLD PROGRAM TO CREATE NEW
CATEGORIES FOR REGISTRANTS, USERS
Perhap the ot acnatng apect o the internet
Corporaton or gned ae and ber (iC)
plan to create new gTLD the expected eergence
o everal new gTLD categore o e that cold
ndaentall change the wa Top Level Doan are
ed and how organzaton poton ther onlne dentt.
Whle t poble to know the ll extent o thee newcategore beore the applcaton wndow cloe n prl
2012 and iC pot the trng or whch applcaton
have been led, there are everal that are lkel to pla
a ke role. undertandng thoe categore, and ther
poble pact, wll be crtcal to navgatng the new
gTLD landcape.
.Brand – for the rt te ever n the internet’ addreng
te, the new gTLD proce wll allow copane toregter ther tradearked nae a Top Level Doan.
The .brand phenoenon open p a wde range o new
potental ncton or gTLD. Whle oe copane wll
delegate ther .brand doan prel nternall (or pecc
vertcal, departent, eal applcaton, etc.) other ore
coner-acng copane a provde ther ctoer
wth nqe gTLD opton backed b ther own good
nae. Likely Registrants: Companies, internal clients,
channel partners, distributors.
.Cont – in t new gTLD fnal pplcant Gdebook,
iC nclde a ver pecc et o denton orwhat conttte a “cont-baed gTLD.” n
propectve cont-baed gTLD wll be reqred
to eet an extenve checklt to deontrate that t
beng “operated or the benet o a clearl delneated
cont.” Conte can be regonal, cltral,
relgo, etc., bt t be clearl dened and wllng to
voch or the new gTLD applcant n qeton. Cont-
baed gTLD wll eek to etablh theelve a the
onlne detnaton o choce or eber o ther
repectve conte. n exaple o an extng
cont-baed doan .cat, a ponored TLDntrodced n 2006 to erve the whole Catalan lngtc
and cltral cont, whether or not a te baed n
the terrtore where the Catalan langage poken. Likely Registrants: Community members.
.com/.net Websites
sorce: Vergn, ctober 2011
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.Geo – nother apect o the new gTLD rond thatha captred a great deal o attenton ro er and
entreprener ha been the propect o a new nvere
o geo-pecc gTLD repreentng pecc cte and
regon. The appeal o a .geo doan that t provde
both regtrant and er a read-ade detnaton or
local bnee, organzaton, ervce and nteret
n that locaton. Likely Registrants: Regional residents,businesses and organizations.
.iD – Pobl the ngle ot exctng new gTLD e
categor, n ter o t power to tranor the wa people
e the internet, coe n the or o nternatonalzedgTLD oered n non-Latn crpt. for hndred o
llon o er arond the world, the new gTLD rond
repreent an eergng opportnt to addre and acce
the entre global internet, entrel n ther own langage.
man have called iD gTLD the “kller app” o the new
gTLD rond, and copane and organzaton ro arond
the world are gearng p to erve the eergent arket.Likely registrants: Users of non-Latin based languages and the organizations and businesses that serve them.
.indtr – Whle not trl a “new” categor, an ndtr
grop have expreed nteret n etablhng new gTLDdegned to erve pecc ndtr ector. in addton
to ervng a onlne hb or ther ndtr bae, an
o thee gTLD wll alo eek to act a a knd o trt
eal, valdatng that all o ther regtrant are legtate,
etablhed partcpant n a gven ndtr. several
ndtr-pecc doan, ch a .aero (avaton),
.travel (travel and tor) and .job (han reorce)have been ntrodced n prevo all-batch gTLD
rond over the lat decade, and ore are expected n the
new gTLD progra. Likely Registrants: Sector-specic
businesses.
.interet – The dea o new gTLD organzed arond
pecc nteret or hobbe (port, c, l, etc.)
wa the rt to reall catch the attenton o the internet
cont. The goal o ot . nteret gTLD wll be to
create hghl relevant onlne neghborhood organzed
arond pecc nteret. Likely Registrants: Companies
and organizations catering to specic interests, individuals.
.servce – soe gTLD wll derentate theelve
baed on a pecc ervce, or te o ervce that
the oer to all potental regtrant, and b extenon
to the internet er who vt ther doan. Thee a
nclde enhanced ecrt or prvac tool ted to new
regtraton, nqe al opton, and a range o other
potental enhanceent degned to erve regtrant
and er alke. Likely Registrants: Varied, depending onspecic service offerings.
Vergn beleve that each new gTLD categor poenqe opportnte and challenge. Throgh t new
gTLD ervce oerng, Vergn expect to work wth
repreentatve o new gTLD categore, provdng
techncal pport, backend ervce and conltng
n the exctng new gTLD arketplace.
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stateent n th annonceent other than htorcal data and noraton conttte orward-lookng tateent wthn the eanng o secton 27 o the secrtect o 1933 a aended and secton 21 o the secrte xchange ct o 1934 a aended. Thee tateent nvolve rk and ncertante that cold caeVergn’ actal relt to der aterall ro thoe tated or pled b ch orward-lookng tateent. The potental rk and ncertante nclde, aong other,the ncertant o tre revene and protablt and potental ctaton n qarterl operatng relt de to ch actor a ncreang copetton, prcng prerero copetng ervce oered at prce below or prce and change n arketng practce ncldng thoe o thrd-part regtrar; the lggh econoc recover;challenge to ongong prvatzaton o internet adntraton; the otcoe o legal or other challenge reltng ro or actvte or the actvte o regtrar orregtrant; new or extng governental law and reglaton; change n ctoer behavor, internet plator and web-browng pattern; the nablt o Vergn toccell develop and arket new ervce; the ncertant o whether or new ervce wll acheve arket acceptance or relt n an revene; te nterrpton;ecrt breache; attack on the internet b hacker, vre, or ntentonal act o vandal; the ncertant o the expene and draton o tranton ervceand reqet or ndencaton relatng to copleted dvettre; and the ncertant o whether Project pollo wll acheve t tated objectve; the pact o thentrodcton o new gTLD; and the ncertant o whether the .co egtr greeent renewal wll occr b Deceber 1, 2012, at all. more noraton abot potentalactor that cold aect the copan’ bne and nancal relt nclded n Vergn’ lng wth the secrte and xchange Coon, ncldng n theCopan’ nnal eport on for 10-K or the ear ended Deceber 31, 2010, Qarterl eport on for 10-Q and Crrent eport on for 8-K. Vergn ndertakeno oblgaton to pdate an o the orward-lookng tateent ater the date o th annonceent.
Zooknic Metodology
for gTLD data cted wth Zooknc a a orce, the anal e a coparon o doan nae root zone le change ppleented wth Wis data on a tattcal apleo doan nae whch lt the regtrar reponble or a partclar doan nae and the locaton o the regtrant. The data ha a argn o error baed on the aple zeand arket ze. The ccTLD data baed on anal o root zone le. for ore noraton, ee www.zooknc.co.
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