The rising popularity of .Com in Australia

[Data Glasses]

The lady at the fondue shop said .com is recognised worldwide ...... https://www.thedomains.com/2018/08/...ons-grow-by-approximately-2-4-year-over-year/"

 

[snoopy]

The lady at the fondue shop said .com is recognised worldwide ...... https://www.thedomains.com/2018/08/...ons-grow-by-approximately-2-4-year-over-year/"

Interesting, wish they would break it down between .com and .net as .net is in constant decline whilst .com is growing at a rate above the 3.7%.

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of approximately 5.3 million domain name registrations, or 3.7 percent, year over year.

The cctld count is probably a bit dodgy this time with the .uk robo registrations perhaps accounting for 1.5 million names. Worth noting also that .au had dropped out of the Top 10 in the report.

The one which won't be a shock,

ngTLDs decreased by approximately 2.5 million domain name registrations, or 10.4 percent, year over year.

 

[Rhythm]

.com is pretty worthless with >40% parked..

Most of those probably owned by domainers like snoopy still trying to desperately pump and dump by starting fake 'news' threads such as this one

 

[snoopy]

Dnjournal has done a good job of splitting the numbers. Very clear that alt tlds, even .net, are out of favour,

Total ccTLD domain name registrations were approximately149.7 million at the end of the second quarter of 2018, an increase of about 3.5 million domain name registrations (up 2.4%), compared to the first quarter of 2018. ccTLDs increased by approximately 5.5 million domain name registrations year over year, a 3.8% rise.

The .nets did not fare as well. They stood at approximately 14.1 million registrations at the end of 2Q-2018, about300,000 down from the previous quarter and approximately 1 million down from the same time a year ago (a loss of 6.6%).

As of June 30, 2018, the .comdomain name base totaled approximately 135.6 milliondomain name registrations, 1.7 million more than the previous quarter (a 1.3% increase). Year over year that is about 6.4 million more .com registrations - a 5% rise.

http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2018/dailyposts/20180817.htm

 

[Rhythm]

Total new gTLD domain name registrations were approximately 21.8 million at the end of the second quarter of 2018, an increase of approximately 1.6 million domain name registrations, or 7.9%, compared to the first quarter of 2018

 

[Jimboot]

This is a good study on the problem gtlds currently face, as will .au - trust. https://www.semrush.com/blog/new-research-visitors-don-t-trust-alternative-domain-extensions/

 

[Andrew Wright]

Total new gTLD domain name registrations were approximately 21.8 million at the end of the second quarter of 2018, an increase of approximately 1.6 million domain name registrations, or 7.9%, compared to the first quarter of 2018

You forgot the rest of the paragraph. Let me fix that for you...

However, that rebound came after the new gTLDs had a massive year over year loss of over 20% of their total registrations at the end of 1Q-2018. At the end of 2Q-2018 they were still below the same point a year ago, but in that time frame the loss (down about 2.5 million names from the end of 2Q-2017) was cut in half percentage wise to minus 10.4%.

 

[findtim]

This is a good study on the problem gtlds currently face, as will .au - trust. https://www.semrush.com/blog/new-research-visitors-don-t-trust-alternative-domain-extensions/

one thing i found interesting in the article is the attraction to the availability of BETTER KEYWORDS in the domain name with nTLD's, doesn't that go against the " google killed the EMD theory" ?

tim

 

[Data Glasses]

The bloke at the Farmers Market reckons that if the extension is not well recognised the keyword strength still wont matter much.

 

[Jimboot]

Emd is a brand related signal. So it can help if clsely connected to the brand . I.e realestate.com.au car sales.com.au

 

[Data Glasses]

The lady at the luxury yacht shop said her clients have no idea what .icu ?

 

[Rhythm]

You forgot the rest of the paragraph. Let me fix that for you...

Cheers.

Was waiting for someone to help me fix that for snoopy who forgot the ENTIRE PARAGRAPH

 

[Rhythm]

au growth exceeds 20% YoY
whereas .com is 5% YoY

.au growth exceeds 4% QoQ
and .com a measly 1.3% QoQ

Someone should start a new thread:

"Declining popularity of .com"

Poland and Australia also joined the Russian federation and the United States as top 20 ccTLDs exceeding 20 percent year-over-year growth. Among the 20 largest ccTLDs, Poland, Australia, Canada and Switzerland exceeded 4 percent quarter over quarter growth. Last quarter, four of the top 20 met the same threshold.

 

[snoopy]

au growth exceeds 20% YoY
whereas .com is 5% YoY

.au growth exceeds 4% QoQ
and .com a measly 1.3% QoQ

Someone should start a new thread:

"Declining popularity of .com"

Did you just make that up?

 

[Data Glasses]

The kids at the kaleidoscope shop said that they thought .au meant Austria

 

[Rhythm]

Did you just make that up?

Just like you made up the 'headline' of this 'news' thread?

 

[findtim]

"Declining popularity of .com"

simple MATH !
.com growth as a % can not exceed .com.au because of the current registrations of each, we have a pissy 3mil and .com ***mil?? no way you can compare them ans state "the decline of .com" ( and i'm not a fan of .com)

that smaller % i think without checking would relate to MASSIVELY more rego's then .com.au

so when comparing you need to use the right technique IMO.
tim

 

[snoopy]

simple MATH !
.com growth as a % can not exceed .com.au because of the current registrations of each, we have a pissy 3mil and .com ***mil?? no way you can compare them ans state "the decline of .com" ( and i'm not a fan of .com)

that smaller % i think without checking would relate to MASSIVELY more rego's then .com.au

so when comparing you need to use the right technique IMO.
tim

The 20% growth claim for .au by Rhythm is made up are nonsense anyway.

.au has has a growth rate around 2% (black line on the graph)

 

[Data Glasses]

The lads at the liquorice shop said many people will type in .com if they are a confused

 

[Data Glasses]

The models in the makeup department said all the big brands chase the .com version of their product