When you see a .org domain, what do you think of? In a recent survey, when respondents were asked,
“Which word do you most commonly associate with the .ORG domain?”, the results were
52% associate .ORG with “non-profits”
12% associate .ORG with “trusted”
4% associate .ORG with “exclusive”
21% associate .ORG with all of the above
9% associate it with none of the above
“The Dashboard”, a bi-annual domain name report by the Public Interest Registry, has showed the third largest generic top-level domain — .org — is becoming more popular!
The Dashboard report shows that the .org domain extension grew by 10.1 percent compared to the same time last year, with growth also driving the total domains for .org to more than 9 million registrations.
When you look at all the website renewals in the first half of 2011, the renewal rate for all sites was 75.8 percent while new .org registration increased by 14.6%
“Yet again, we’re seeing significant growth of the .org domain as Web users worldwide continue to see the value in using a trusted, secure domain to educate, mobilize and empower their communities,” says Brian Cute, CEO of .org, The Public Interest Registry. “By June 2011, the .org domain reached 9.2 million domains under management, a monumental figure compared to the 3.9 million in 2005. These numbers are clear indicators that .org is well-positioned to take advantage of the Internet growth that we continue to see occur.”
Further research shows that .org websites also prove to be dependable. In a separate study commissioned by the Public Interest Registry, 81 percent of participants claim that they would choose an organizations website over Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn for trustworthy information.
Do you have a domain with the .org extension?
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