Internet Grows to 280 Million Domain Names in Q2'14
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE
Internet Grows to 280 Million Domain Names in Q2'14 VeriSign has announced that four million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2014, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.4 per cent over the first quarter of 2014. Worldwide registrations have grown by 18.6 million, or 7.2 per cent, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth in the second quarter of 2014, reaching a combined total of approximately 128.9 million domain names in the adjusted zone for .com and .net. This represents a 3.7-per cent increase year over year. As of June 30, 2014, the base of registered names in .com equaled 113.7 million names, while .net equalled 15.2 million names. New .com and .net registrations totalled 8.5 million during the second quarter of 2014. In the second quarter of 2013, new .com and .net registrations totalled 8.7 million. During the second quarter of 2014, VeriSign's average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load was 95 billion across all TLDs operated by VeriSign, with a peak of 204 billion. Compared to the previous quarter, the daily average increased 11.7 per cent and the peak increased 70.4 per cent. Year over year, the daily average query load increased 18.8 per cent and the peak query load decreased 16.6 per cent. VeriSign publishes the Domain Name Industry Brief to provide Internet users throughout the world with statistical and analytical research and data on the domain name industry.
Internet Grows to 280 Million Domain Names in Q2'14 VeriSign has announced that four million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2014, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.4 per cent over the first quarter of 2014. Worldwide registrations have grown by 18.6 million, or 7.2 per cent, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth in the second quarter of 2014, reaching a combined total of approximately 128.9 million domain names in the adjusted zone for .com and .net. This represents a 3.7-per cent increase year over year. As of June 30, 2014, the base of registered names in .com equaled 113.7 million names, while .net equalled 15.2 million names. New .com and .net registrations totalled 8.5 million during the second quarter of 2014. In the second quarter of 2013, new .com and .net registrations totalled 8.7 million. During the second quarter of 2014, VeriSign's average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load was 95 billion across all TLDs operated by VeriSign, with a peak of 204 billion. Compared to the previous quarter, the daily average increased 11.7 per cent and the peak increased 70.4 per cent. Year over year, the daily average query load increased 18.8 per cent and the peak query load decreased 16.6 per cent. VeriSign publishes the Domain Name Industry Brief to provide Internet users throughout the world with statistical and analytical research and data on the domain name industry.