March 6, 2010 by Jenny Sanderson
Despite the global economic downturn causing mass panic as we plunge into recession the ever reliable internet has been quietly going about its business and making some very good progress at the same time.
Leading network infrastructure company VeriSign, have announced a rapid growth in the number of domain names purchased in 2009 inevitably resulting in a major increase in the total list of domain names purchased. This month marks the 25th anniversary of the first ever purchase of a registered domain name, assigned way back on March 15th 1985. It was a .com company known as ‘Symbolics.com’.
The latest Domain Name Identity Brief from VeriSign confirms that the number of Top Level Domain Names (TLDs) purchased in 2009 marked a significant increase when compared with 2008. The 2009 tally marks a 7% increase in the total number of Top Level Domain Names registered at the end of 2008.
The total now stands at a staggering 192 million domain registrations, 15 million of which came in 2009. .Com and .net domains are obviously the most popular and more frequently purchased, they account for 96.7 million of the total, other popular ones include .co.uk and .gov.uk.
The final quarter of 2009 proved to be the most fruitful with 7.3million new .com and .net registrations being added according to VeriSign who manage both the .com and .net registries.
Despite the recession crippling many an economy, it would seem that no matter the economic climate the internet still seems to prosper.
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