Domain.com and net time to fall

Based on observations from. Uk registry Nominet, domain name registration growth globally to decline this year, but companies have been warned to stay memaintain domain name that has been owned. According to a report from the Domain Name Industry in 2008 from the organization Nominet, found that the growth of the domain name average reached 30 percent during the last five years, after a fall of about 15 percent.

Some TLD (Top Level Domains), such as. Com and. Net is the most affected and consequently, the growth reached 30 percent in 2006, and this year fell into the bottom 10 percent. Meanwhile, for the TLD per country have better performance, particularly for growth in China, namely the domain. Cn, but still experienced a 26 percent decrease slightly this year, from 37 percent in the past year.

According to Nominet marketing director, Phil Kingsland, a decrease in the use of the domain TLD is in line with the decrease of world economic conditions, but more representation to the level of industry maturity. "The domain name is experiencing a decline of 20 percent growth from year to year, but still better than 2000 and then. "Added Kingsland.

For that, Kingsland encourage industrial companies to keep close eye on the development of industry, which may result to their domain name. Agency observers Internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to allow the Customized domain name in early 2009 the future, a decision that many organizations will be more selective when domain registration.

"Companies must think about domain name selection strategy, so that they will be more careful if a new TLD is present in the market. They should also monitor the domain that they have and decide which is more a top priority. "Kingsland said.