Dec 1, 2004 : VeriSign Releases Domain Name Data

📅 December 1, 2004 - Internet security company and domain registry operator VeriSign Inc. (verisign.com) announced on Wednesday tiat it has released the Domain Name Industry Brief for the third quarter of 2004, noting the registration of 5.1 million new domain names during the quarter, the highest quarterly growth in Internet history.

According to VeriSign, total domain name registrations worldwide reached its highest ever level of 66.3 million domain names. The company also reported strong growth in renewal rates, and the percentage of domain names associated with Web sites.
The company also noted new growth in the .com and .net domains, as well as growth in country code top level domains and a general shift in the overall top-level domain makeup to incorporate more country code domain acceptance. The study also showed increases in the percentage of registered domains connected to live sites, percentage renewal rates and a growth in domain value, driven in part by the PPC advertising market.
Another key trend identified by the study was the further establishment of the .net domain's role in the health and functioning of the Internet overall. While the domain accounts for only eight percent of domain names worldwide, it includes 58 percent of hosts and 30 percent of name servers.
VeriSign says information for its fourth Domain Name Industry Brief was derived from data the company sees as operator as the operator of the registry for the .com and .net domains and two root servers for the global domain name system.