More than 233 million domain names in the world

More than 233 million domain names in the world #domains

With 7.5 million domain name registrations during the first quarter of 2012, the total number of domains registered worldwide has passed the 233 million mark. This is according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief , published by VeriSign, the .COM and .NET registry. Since March 2011, registrations have grown by more than 23 millions, or 11 %, across all domains. And, during this first quarter 2012, the .COM registry grew to more than 100 million domain names. By now, more than 290 national extensions (ccTLDs) could total 94.4 million domain names, i.e. a 16.2 percent increase year over year. France, India, the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation each exceeded 4 percent quarter-over-quarter growth. In March growth of the .UK register has reached a key milestone, with over 10 million domain name registrations. Almost 10 percent of the registered country domain n...

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