The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of June 2015 are below. Any surprises?
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Verisign Announces Grand Prize Winner of #InternetOfficial Contest
Drum roll, please! We’re very excited to announce the Grand Prize Winner of our #InternetOfficial contest. It’s KidsCookDinner.com, registered through Network Solutions!
New York-based Kate K. submitted the most descriptive, memorable and original new .com domain name that resonated with our five judges and received the most votes from the public during the Grand Prize Entry Period Voting Phase, earning Kate K. the #InternetOfficial Contest Grand Prize of $30,000! According to KidsCookDinner.com, its goal is to get children thinking about the importance of sharing food with family and friends, appreciating the process and getting children to cook more in the kitchen.
“Mobilegeddon”: Good For Small Business?
Google updated its algorithms in April to favor websites that look and perform better on mobile devices, making them appear higher on search results. This news has many non-mobile-friendly website owners fearing that their search rankings will plummet. While the change is understandably concerning, Google may actually be doing many small businesses a favor by finally forcing them to implement a mobile website.
Internet Grows to 294 Million Domain Names in the First Quarter of 2015
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by six million domain names in the first quarter of 2015, and closed with a base of 294 million domain names across all top-level domains (TLDs). This is a 1.9 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2014.[1]
Verisign Named to the Online Trust Alliance’s 2015 Honor Roll
Verisign is excited to announce that we made the Online Trust Alliance’s (OTA) 2015 Honor Roll for showing a commitment to best practices in security, privacy and consumer protection. This is the third consecutive year that Verisign has received this honor.
Verisign Announces Third Round of #InternetOfficial Contest First Prize Winners
We’re excited to announce the third – and final – round of our monthly #InternetOfficial contest First Prize Winners!
This round of winners brings the total number of First Prize Winners to 15. Each will receive $5,000, and is eligible to compete to win the #InternetOfficial contest grand prize of $30,000 (the First Prize Winners who submit a video will proceed to the final round for an opportunity to win the grand prize).
Our distinguished panel of top industry experts and celebrity judges has determined the five best .com domain names entered into the #InternetOfficial contest during the third monthly entry period.
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in May
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of May 2015 are below. Any surprises?
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Note: Each list was developed by examining keyword registration growth relative to the preceding month, such that those keywords with the highest percentage of registration growth are being reported on. This method is used to eliminate commonly registered keywords such as “online” and “shop” to provide a true look at monthly trends.
3 Key Steps for SMBs to Protect Their Website and Critical Internet Services
The National Small Business Association (NBSA) recently released a report revealing that half of all small businesses have been the victim of a cyber-attack – and the cost of dealing with these attacks has skyrocketed to $20,752 per attack. In about a third of attacks, the victim’s website was taken down, often for days. The impact of such outages cannot be measured by the immediate lost revenue alone, as the long term impact of the harm to your reputation and customer loss cannot be easily calculated.
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in April
Verisign Announces Second Round of #InternetOfficial Contest First Prize Winners
To help celebrate National Small Business Week, today we’re excited to announce the second round of our #InternetOfficial contest First Prize Winners!
As we previously noted on our blog, up to 15 monthly First Prize Winners will receive $5,000 each, and are eligible to compete to win the #InternetOfficial contest grand prize of $30,000 (the First Prize Winners who submit a video will proceed to the final round for an opportunity to win the grand prize).
Our renowned panel of top industry experts and celebrity judges has determined the five best .com domain names entered into the #InternetOfficial contest during the second monthly entry period.