The new gTLD standings are for October are here, and once again .TOP has taken the fair share of new gTLD adds for the month. .XYZ & .GDN continue to be a part of our top 5 domain extensions while .SITE moves up the ladder from the 15th to the 4th spot. As usual, Radix TLDs persistently form a part of our monthly new gTLD reports. We have 2 new entrants for October – .LIFE…
As the most popular new gTLD in the world, .XYZ is the go-to domain extension for every website, everywhere®. It’s popularity comes from its versatility because .XYZ is what you make it. Your customers could be having a business, expanding a new one, or just simply owning a personal website. A .XYZ adds value to your online presence no matter what. The .XYZ registry is definitely shifting the paradigm with their new TLD promo -…
We’ve been doing our new month-on-month new gTLD reports for a while now, and the share of domain adds for this month are taking a tighter share than September’s. .TOP and .XYZ have been leading the group for a while. The rest of the new gTLDs are in spitting distance of each other. We also have a new entrant for this month, .TRADE joins our report at number 14 for the month of October. You…
Almost a year ago, I wrote an article titled ‘Domain Reselling – Ushering in the new gTLDs’ talking about how brands have slowly begun to move away from .COM domain names and embrace new gTLDs. I cited examples of marquee companies, Google, Reliance and the likes of multiple billion dollar empires taking this leap. One year later and I’m more convinced than ever of the popularity of these new gTLDs. What’s convinced me? Simple. The…
Just like the new gTLD report for the month of February, we will only be taking the total number of TLDs registered for this month into account. We have some new contenders for the month of March. For further details, have a look at the percentage shares of the new gTLD adds for this month. New gTLD Report – March2016 Create pie charts .ACCOUNTANT takes the lead for this month contributing 29% of the total…
In our previous reports, we were having a month-on-month comparison of the new gTLD registrations. For February, we are doing our report in a slightly different format. What’s new? We are taking into account the domains registered exclusively in this month rather than all the domains registered through us till date. This is to ensure that all the TLDs, even TLDs that have been launched recently have a level playing field. Therefore, there has been…
The month of October had some interesting results. While .SCIENCE and .XYZ maintained their No. 1 and No. 2 positions respectively, the percentage increase that .XYZ saw this month was incredible, a whooping 138% increase since September. This is probably due to the continuing effect of a .XYZ domain name being snatched up by Google’s latest venture, Alphabet Inc. Another TLD that has emerged as the No. 1 TLD in terms of percentage increase since September…
A year or so ago, India surpassed Japan in the number of Internet users and has now comfortably placed itself at number 3 followed by the United States at number 2 and China at number 1. Undoubtedly, India has a vast population in comparison to most other nations, so a base of 300 million Internet users is not surprising. However, ease of access is mostly restricted to the metropolitan cities and semi-urban regions in the nation. We all recognize…
While September came with some expected results, it even witnessed a couple of significant developments in the TLD space. Through the month of September, .SCIENCE, .XYZ and .PARTY held their Top 3 positions from August with a percentage share of 23, 9 and 7, respectively, making .SCIENCE the most popular TLD for 7th month in a row! .FAITH and .DATE also made it to the list of Top 15 for the first time since their launch in…
Your days of spending $500 on the latest Playstation console are over! Yes, you heard that right. Now you may have access to the gaming world in just a few bucks. That’s just one of things the Cloud is changing in our daily lives. Here’s the scoop on arguably the two biggest revolutionary Internet industry developments of the 21st Century: The Cloud and the new TLDs! The Cloud Netflix, the biggest media streaming Internet portal (accounting…