Category: Industry News

The Web Hosting and Domains industry is dynamic in nature with new policies, mergers & acquisitions, important ICANN announcements, New gTLD updates, cyber attacks, etc. creating a stir from time to time. To give you a quick lowdown on all these fresh industry updates and trends that matter to you through, we collate all major newsworthy events into simple 2-minute long reads.

Industry News

Domain Name Industry Brief – Stats for July’12

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The latest Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief is out. Here are key stats and numbers from the same:

Overview

  • The first quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 233 million domain name registrations across all Top-Level Domains
  • This is an increase of 7.5 million domains, or 3.3 percent, over the fourth quarter of 2011
  • Overall, registrations have grown by 23 million, a 11% increase since the first quarter of 2011
  • The ccTLD pool too has grown by 4.8% and stands at 94.9 million domain names
  • This is a 16.2% increase year over year in the ccTLD base
  • The order of the top TLDs in terms of zone size did not change when compared to the last quarter. The order remains as: .com, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .info, .tk, .nl, .ru and .eu.

Growth in Total Domain Name Registrations



You can view the entire Verisign Report here.

Events, Industry News

Catch us at HostingCon 2012!

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The LogicBoxes Team will be attending HostingCon 2012 at Boston, Massachusetts.

We will be at the venue to help with on-the-spot ICANN Accreditation Consultations and to answer any queries that you might have about becoming your own Domain Registrar.

You can also schedule a meeting with us on our website here.

You can also get a caricature of yourself and other cool LogicBoxes freebies at our Booth #327.

Hope to see you there!

Announcements, Current Promos, ICANN Announcements, Industry News

Rise of the New gTLDs

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ICANN has recently publicized the list of new gTLD applicants and the strings that will compete with the 22 existing generic TLDs and 290 odd ccTLDs that exist today.

A total of 1930 applications have been received. These constitute 1409 unique strings. Over the next couple of year, some of these strings will be open for public use and will most certainly change the way we use the internet on a day-to-day basis!

Here’s more details on the applications –

Top Contested TLDs:

  1. .App (13 applicants)
  2. .Home (11 applicants)
  3. .Inc (11 applicants)
  4. .Art (10 applicants)
  5. .Blog (9 applicants)
  6. .Book (9 applicants)
  7. .LLC (9 applicants)
  8. .Shop (9 applicants)

Classification of TLDs:

  • 1137 Generics
  • 643 Brands
  • 84 Community
  • 66 Geographic
  • 116 IDNs (covering 12 scripts)

Global Distribution of TLDs:

  • 911 from North America
  • 675 from Europe
  • 303 from the Asia-Pacific region
  • 24 from Latin America and the Caribbean and
  • 17 from Africa

Largest Applicants (in terms of no. of applications submitted) include:

  • Donuts – 307
  • Google – 101
  • Amazon – 76
  • TLDH – 71
  • Famous Four Media – 60
  • Uniregistry – 54
  • Radix – 31
  • Afilias – 31

The entire list of applicant details can be found on ICANN’s Website.

You can get more information about the new gTLD process on http://newgtlds.icann.org. Further insights can be gained on ICANNWiki’s New gTLD page as well.

Pic courtesy newgtlds.icann.org

Industry News

Domain Name Industry Brief – 2012

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Here are quick stats from Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief.

The fourth quarter of 2011 closed with a base of 225 million+ domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs). This amounts to an increase of 5.9 million domain names, or 2.7 percent over the third quarter.

The base of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 90.6 million domain names. This is a 4.2 percent increase quarter over quarter, and a 13.2 percent increase year over year in the base.

.COM and .NET TLDs experienced aggregate growth, reaching a combined total of 113.8 million domain names in the fourth quarter of 2011. This represents approximately a 2 percent increase in the base over the third quarter of 2011 and an 8 percent increase over the same quarter in 2010.

There is no change in the order of the top 10 TLDs in the fourth quarter of 2011. The order is: .COM, .DE, .NET, .UK, .ORG, .INFO, .TK, .NL, .RU and .EU.

Total Domain Name Registrations


You can view the entire Verisign Report here.

Pic Courtesy: Verisign DNIB Report

Announcements, Events, Industry News

Catch us at WorldHostingDays ’12!

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The LogicBoxes Team will be attending WorldHostingDays Global 2012 at Rust, Germany.

Siddharth Taliyan, our Senior Sales Manager, will be speaking about ‘The Benefits of ICANN Accreditation’ on March 22nd, 2012 at 4pm, at the event.

The session, titled ‘Demystifying ICANN Accreditation’, will shed more light on the following areas:

  • How much does ICANN Accreditation really end up costing?
  • What are the hidden costs?
  • What regulations do ICANN Accredited Registrars need to abide by?
  • When should I look at getting my company ICANN Accredited?
  • Is ICANN Accreditation really worth it?

    • Siddharth and Daniel will also be available to help with on-the-spot ICANN Accreditation Consultations at Booth #61. They can also assist you with any queries that you might have about becoming your own Domain Registrar.

    You can schedule a meeting with us on our website here. Looking forward to meeting you WHD!