Number of registered domain names tops 20m

Brand Republic 15-Aug-00

The number of registered top-level domain names has topped the 20m mark, according to internet services company Virtual Internet.

LONDON (Brand Republic) - The number of registered top-level domain names has topped the 20m mark, according to internet services company Virtual Internet.

The company counted 20,396,840 registered top-level domain names - .com, .net and .org. Nearly 80% of these are .com, and nearly two thirds of the remaining names are .net.

The news comes as Icann, the organisation which manages domain-name systems, is in the process of licensing new generic top-level domain names, possible names suggested are .shop and .bank.



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