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The latest figures suggest that the domain name market continues to expand across virtually every major category. While some question whether websites still matter in the age of social media, the global domain counter quietly keeps adding another few million addresses every few months The global domain name industry has reached another milestone. According to VeriSign's latest Domain Name Industry Brief covering the second quarter, the total number of registered domain names worldwide stood at...

Another applicant in ICANN's second New gTLD application round has revealed its plans, and this one is taking aim at more than just domain names. The U.S.-based non-profit Human-Centered Computing Foundation (HCCF) intends to launch the .SELF top-level domain with a model that challenges several long-standing practices of the domain industry. The project's headline feature is difficult to ignore: domain registrations under .SELF will be free of charge. In an industry where premium names can sell...

The figures were published by VeriSign, the official registry operator for .COM, known for reporting exact numbers rather than symbolic estimates The .COM top-level domain has reached a new milestone, surpassing 160 million registered domain names for the first time. The figures were published by VeriSign, the official registry operator for .COM, known for reporting exact numbers rather than symbolic estimates. According to the data, the zone currently contains 162,479,075 registered domains, of...