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Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com and .Net Registrations in February

March 13, 2018 • By Blog Moderator • 0 comments • Domain Names

With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trending keywords reflected by domain name registrations. We have shown in the past that there is a correlation between domain name registrations and newsworthy and popular events, as well as anticipated trends.

Keeping in the spirit of the zeitgeist that .com and .net domain name registration trends can represent, Verisign publishes this monthly blog post series identifying the top 10 trending .com and .net keywords registered in English during the preceding month.

February 2018 TRENDING KEYWORDS

Here are the top 10 trending keywords registered in February 2018. Any surprises?

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Verisign Announces Enhancements to NameStudio API at CloudFest

March 9, 2018 • By Blog Moderator • 0 comments • Domain Names

Verisign is pleased to announce several enhancements to NameStudio API, a smart solution for domain name registrars and web hosting companies that delivers relevant domain name suggestions, and can help drive domain name registrations more quickly.

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Verisign Q4 2017 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 332.4 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Fourth Quarter of 2017

February 15, 2018 • By Blog Moderator • 1 comment • Domain Names

Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the fourth quarter of 2017 closed with approximately 332.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 1.7 million domain name registrations as of Dec. 31, 2017.^1,2 This is a 0.5 percent increase over the third quarter of 2017 and a 0.9 percent increase, year over year.^1,2

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Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com and .Net Registrations in January

February 13, 2018 • By Blog Moderator • 4 comments • Domain Names

January 2018 TRENDING KEYWORDS

Here are the top 10 trending keywords registered in January 2018. Any surprises?

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Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com and .Net Registrations in December

January 9, 2018 • By Blog Moderator • 1 comment • Domain Names

December 2017 TRENDING KEYWORDS

Here are the top 10 trending keywords registered in December 2017. Any surprises?

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Verisign Q3 2017 Domain Name Industry Brief: 330.7 Million Domain Names on the Internet in the Third Quarter of 2017

December 19, 2017 • By Blog Moderator • 2 comments • Domain Names

Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the third quarter of 2017 closed with approximately 330.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of approximately 1.2 million domain name registrations as of Sept. 30, 2017.^1,2 This is a 0.4. percent decrease over the second quarter of 2017 and a 1.1 percent increase, year over year.^1,2

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Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com and .Net Registrations in November

December 12, 2017 • By Blog Moderator • 4 comments • Domain Names

November 2017 TRENDING KEYWORDS

Here are the top 10 trending keywords registered in November 2017. Any surprises?

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Q3 2017 DDoS Trends Report: 29 Percent of Attacks Employed Five or More Attack Types

December 7, 2017 • By Blog Moderator • 1 comment • DDoS Protection, Security

Verisign just released its Q3 2017 DDoS Trends Report, which represents a unique view into the attack trends unfolding online, through observations and insights derived from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack mitigations enacted on behalf of Verisign DDoS Protection Services and security research conducted by Verisign Security Services.