Number of registered domain names cross 225 million-mark

NEW DELHI: The number of registered domain names has gone up to more that 225 million, IT company Verisign said today.

"Nearly six million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing the total number of registered domain names to more than 225 million worldwide across all domains," said Domain Name Industry Brief published by Verisign.

The '.com' and '.net' which are called Top Level Domains (TLDs) experienced an aggregate growth in the fourth quarter, reaching a combined total of 113.8 million names, the report said.

"This represents approximately 2 per cent increase in the base over the third quarter of 2011 and an 8 percent increase over the same quarter in 2010," it said.

New .com and .net registrations totaled 7.9 million during the quarter representing 4 per cent rise year-over-year in new registrations.

The '.com' and '.net' saw continuity of old websites with renewal rate for the fourth quarter reaching 73.5 percent from 73.3 percent in the third quarter, the report added.