1. The State of the Domain Name Industry Tobias Wann March 25, 2010

2. 2 2 Congratulations! 10th Anniversary But there‘s another important milestone to be celebrated this March...

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4. 4 4 The first.com name to become registered? 1985: What happened that year in the USSR? How many % of today’s world population is connected to Internet? Did you know? How many other.com were registered in 1985? How many times is the Domain Name System used per day? How many websites are on the Internet today?

5. 5 5 Innovation on the Internet www.25yearsof.com Industry Events Innovation Grants.com 25 Awards Registrar Campaigns howdoyou.com?

6. 6 6 A Year Long Celebration Follow the 2010 happenings on www.25yearof.com, Facebook & Twitter:www.25yearof.com  Find out more about:  Campaign News  Event Information Overview .com 25 Awards  List of 75 nominees  List of judges  Historic timeline of.com  Links to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.  Video interviews with top.com influencers  “How do you.com?” consumer contest

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8. 8 8 Businesses and individuals have registered 192,000,000+ domain names around the world. 8

9. 9 9  192M domain name registrations worldwide at the end of Q4 2009 –2% growth over Q3 2009 –8% growth year over year (Q4 2009) Sources: Zooknic, January 2010, VeriSign, January 2010 Worldwide Domain Registration Growth Domain Name Industry Ends 2009 at 192 Million

10. 10  11M new domain names registered in Q4 2009 –8% increase over Q3 2009 New Registration Growth Source: Zooknic, January 2010; VeriSign, January 2010; ICANN Monthly Reports Global New Domain Name Registrations

11. 11 Millions of Domain Names.com /.net Domain Names: Quarterly Base Source: VeriSign, January 2010

12. 12 Millions of Domain Names.com /.net Domain Name: Quarterly New Units Source: VeriSign, January 2010

13. 13 Domain Names Resolving to a Web Site  Approximately 88% of.com and.net domain names resolve to a Web site Source: VeriSign, January 2010. Percentages are estimates.

14. 14.com /.net Domain Names: Renewal Rates Source: VeriSign, February 2010

15. 15 Source: Zooknic, January 2010 Total ccTLD Registrations  The ccTLD domain name base grew: –3% over quarter over quarter –10% over year over year  Top 10 represent 66% of total ccTLDs ccTLDs grow to 78.6 Million

16. 16 Domain Names in Russian Federation 32% growth

17. 17.com Turns 25

18. 18 www.verisign.com/domainbrief Domain Name Industry Brief available online now!