Domain Names and Their History - Some Interesting Facts

logo Tod Om ain Names and Their History "The Number of Websites Registered Across The Globe are 145,187,409 and Increasing Daily" Source “Whois.sc" • THE OLDEST DOMAIN REGISTERED MARCH 151985 IS SYMBOLICS.COM • OTHER OLDIES ARE XEROX.COM REGISTERED IN JAN 09, 1986 AND HP.COM REGISTERED IN 3RD MARCH 1986 • GODADDY IS THE SINGLE LARGEST REGISTRAR OF DOMAIN NAMES THE WEBIS GROWINGDAILY 150,000NEW URLSEACHDAY A 21%UPSCALEIN2YEARS Total Domain Name Registrations 200,000,00o 180,000,00O 160,000,000 140,000,000 120,000,000 100,000,000 80,000,000 60,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000 Q2 '08 Q3 '08 Q4 '08 Q1 '09 Q2 '09 .Com Net Eu Other CCTLDS Uk .Biz .Cn .Org Other TLDS .De Info .Name There are now 74.4 million country code TLDS (CCTLDS), which means that 40% of all registered domain names are ccTLDs. Out of the more than 240 ccTLDs in the world, the top 10 make up a full 66% of all domain registrations. It's interesting to note that .us only comes in at number 10, probably due to the pervasive use of .com in the US. TOP CCTLD REGISTRIES BY DOMAIN NAME BASE, SECOND QUARTER 2009 1. .cn (China) 6. .ru (Russian Federation) 2. .de (Germany) 7. .ar (Argentina) 3. .uk (United Kingdom) 8. .br (Brazil) 4. .nl (Netherlands) 9. it (Italy) 5. .eu (European Union) 10. .us (United States) .Com/.Net Registry Renewal Rates 80% 76% 76% 74% 74% 74% 73% 72% 70% 71% 70% 60% 40% 20% 0% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 2007 2008 2009 Rank Date of registration Domain Registered to 1 March 15, 1985 symbolics.com Symbolics 2 April 24, 1985 bbn.com BBN Technologies 3 May 24, 1985 think.com Thinking Machines 4 July 11, 1985 mcc.com Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation 5 September 30, 1985 dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation 6 November 7, 1985 northrop.com Northrop Corporation 7 January 9, 1986 xerox.com Xerox 8 January 17, 1986 sri.com SRI International 9 March 3, 1986 hp.com Hewlett-Packard 10 March 5, 1986 bellcore.com Bell Communications Research 11 March 19, 1986 ibm.com International Business Machines 11 March 19, 1986 sun.com Sun Microsystems 13 March 25, 1986 intel.com Intel Source Wikipedia.org Interesting Facts About Domain Names 1. The world's longest domain name is http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com/ 2. The world's shortest domain name http://www.g.cn/ 3. The highest price paid for a domain name? Insure.com $16 million in 2009 Unintentionally Inappropriate Domain Names 1. Itscrap.com 2. Whorepresents.com 3. Penisland.net 4. Expertsexchange.com 5. Speedofart.com 6. Gotahoenorth.com 7. Lesbocages.com 8. Americanscrapmetal.com 9. Masterbaitonline.com 10. Therapistinabox.com 11. Analemma.org 12. Therapistfinder.com 13. Wintersexpress.com 14. Swissbit.ch 15. Dicksonweb.com 16. Therapist.com 17. Budget.co.ck 18. Mp3shits.com 19. Kidsexchange.net 20. Molestationnursery.com Infographics Design By LogoTod.com logo Tod Om ain Names and Their History "The Number of Websites Registered Across The Globe are 145,187,409 and Increasing Daily" Source “Whois.sc" • THE OLDEST DOMAIN REGISTERED MARCH 151985 IS SYMBOLICS.COM • OTHER OLDIES ARE XEROX.COM REGISTERED IN JAN 09, 1986 AND HP.COM REGISTERED IN 3RD MARCH 1986 • GODADDY IS THE SINGLE LARGEST REGISTRAR OF DOMAIN NAMES THE WEBIS GROWINGDAILY 150,000NEW URLSEACHDAY A 21%UPSCALEIN2YEARS Total Domain Name Registrations 200,000,00o 180,000,00O 160,000,000 140,000,000 120,000,000 100,000,000 80,000,000 60,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000 Q2 '08 Q3 '08 Q4 '08 Q1 '09 Q2 '09 .Com Net Eu Other CCTLDS Uk .Biz .Cn .Org Other TLDS .De Info .Name There are now 74.4 million country code TLDS (CCTLDS), which means that 40% of all registered domain names are ccTLDs. Out of the more than 240 ccTLDs in the world, the top 10 make up a full 66% of all domain registrations. It's interesting to note that .us only comes in at number 10, probably due to the pervasive use of .com in the US. TOP CCTLD REGISTRIES BY DOMAIN NAME BASE, SECOND QUARTER 2009 1. .cn (China) 6. .ru (Russian Federation) 2. .de (Germany) 7. .ar (Argentina) 3. .uk (United Kingdom) 8. .br (Brazil) 4. .nl (Netherlands) 9. it (Italy) 5. .eu (European Union) 10. .us (United States) .Com/.Net Registry Renewal Rates 80% 76% 76% 74% 74% 74% 73% 72% 70% 71% 70% 60% 40% 20% 0% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 2007 2008 2009 Rank Date of registration Domain Registered to 1 March 15, 1985 symbolics.com Symbolics 2 April 24, 1985 bbn.com BBN Technologies 3 May 24, 1985 think.com Thinking Machines 4 July 11, 1985 mcc.com Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation 5 September 30, 1985 dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation 6 November 7, 1985 northrop.com Northrop Corporation 7 January 9, 1986 xerox.com Xerox 8 January 17, 1986 sri.com SRI International 9 March 3, 1986 hp.com Hewlett-Packard 10 March 5, 1986 bellcore.com Bell Communications Research 11 March 19, 1986 ibm.com International Business Machines 11 March 19, 1986 sun.com Sun Microsystems 13 March 25, 1986 intel.com Intel Source Wikipedia.org Interesting Facts About Domain Names 1. The world's longest domain name is http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com/ 2. The world's shortest domain name http://www.g.cn/ 3. The highest price paid for a domain name? Insure.com $16 million in 2009 Unintentionally Inappropriate Domain Names 1. Itscrap.com 2. Whorepresents.com 3. Penisland.net 4. Expertsexchange.com 5. Speedofart.com 6. Gotahoenorth.com 7. Lesbocages.com 8. Americanscrapmetal.com 9. Masterbaitonline.com 10. Therapistinabox.com 11. Analemma.org 12. Therapistfinder.com 13. Wintersexpress.com 14. Swissbit.ch 15. Dicksonweb.com 16. Therapist.com 17. Budget.co.ck 18. Mp3shits.com 19. Kidsexchange.net 20. Molestationnursery.com Infographics Design By LogoTod.com