Very interesting stats about our industry

[petrosc]

I saw this posted on another forum and I thought people would be interested because there are some very interesting stats about our industry here.

So here's the link:

isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2008/12/09/where-the-money-is-at/

And here are some very interesting stats:

165,000,000 registered TLD’s (100,000,000 GTLDs, 65,000,000 ccTLDs)
75% of all domains are renewed
110,000,000 domains are developed (67%)
37,000,000 domains are parked (22%)
18,000,000 domains have no DNS settings (11%)

$2.8bn is the annualised total domain parking revenue.
10% of all parked domains earn 90% of the total revenue
75% of parked domains receive no type in traffic
72% of the total parking revenue comes from domains which are a typo of another site
21% of domain traffic is fraudulent (down from 38% 2 yrs ago)
Domain traffic converts at 28% to that of search traffic

[URLtrader]

Really interesting. Thanks.

[Carter]

Thanks for share!

10% of all parked domains earn 90% of the total revenue.
This is the point.

[WebsiteTraders.Com]

thanx for sharing

[jaydub]

This should generate a flood of typo selling/buying

72% of the total parking revenue comes from domains which are a typo of another site

[Seraphim]

Domain traffic converts at 28% to that of search traffic

That's a misleading statement / figure if typo traffic is included, which I assume it is. Generic example.com type-in traffic in my experience will trump search traffic all day long (at even keyword relevancy).

[Prosperous]

I'm surprised at how 'few' domains have been registered... Only 165 million?

[hecto]

few people own many domains, they are getting a bigger share of the pie. Just like in any industry. I would have thought that more domains are registered.

[Mind]

I'm surprised at how 'few' domains have been registered... Only 165 million?

165 millions is in order of meaningful domain names that are formed of 2-3 word phrases by my estimation. For example my estimate shows that there are ~300 M of domain names (this is only with English words) of one TLD with one and two words combination and length < 10 characters, but most of the word combinations do not form a meaningful phrase. So number vary but the order seems to be the same.

[financialtraffic]

Wait a second...The stats are great but you glazed over something fairly quickly.
So what you are saying is Julie is really a man?
Don't you think it's more likely that perhaps the person who first registered the domain gave or sold the domain to her, or maybe even let it drop?

[Carter]

Who is Julie?

[stewie]

thx for info

[austinandrew]

Wait a second...The stats are great but you glazed over something fairly quickly.
So what you are saying is Julie is really a man?
Don't you think it's more likely that perhaps the person who first registered the domain gave or sold the domain to her, or maybe even let it drop?

Yeah, I don't really think Matt Cutts is writing that blog. He would have to be wicked good and impersonating a British woman. And have lots of spare time on his hands, which I know he doesn't.

[Seraphim]

Was reading through her comments, she seems nasty mean + grossly misinformed about domaining. Another blog I'll pass on...

[Dale Hubbard]

This should generate a flood of typo selling/buying

I guess that's why Denny is so short tempered - too busy regging those typos.

[austinandrew]

Was reading through her comments, she seems nasty mean + grossly misinformed about domaining. Another blog I'll pass on...

I'd say witty rather than nasty, and I'd argue she's very informed about domaining.

[Seraphim]

I'd say witty rather than nasty, and I'd argue she's very informed about domaining.

You have to look past your sweet spot for blondes.

And I quote, “Domain traffic converting better than search.. ” Did he really just say that.. ??" End quote.

Generic type-in traffic blows the doors off of search traffic, period. The only person that wouldn't know that, is a person who has never owned a quality generic domain name. Hence I say again misinformed, and I wouldn't bother visiting the blog again.

If you're looking for a solid domainers blog, try Elliot Silver's site, it's well worth reading.

[austinandrew]

You have to look past your sweet spot for blondes.

And I quote, “Domain traffic converting better than search.. ” Did he really just say that.. ??" End quote.

Generic type-in traffic blows the doors off of search traffic, period. The only person that wouldn't know that, is a person who has never owned a quality generic domain name. Hence I say again misinformed, and I wouldn't bother visiting the blog again.

If you're looking for a solid domainers blog, try Elliot Silver's site, it's well worth reading.

You just wrote "generic type-in traffic", she said "domain traffic". HUGE difference.

I'm a fan of Elliot's blog.

[Seraphim]

You just wrote "generic type-in traffic", she said "domain traffic". HUGE difference.

I'm a fan of Elliot's blog.

Exactly... a domainer would have made the distinction. Though no point in debating opinions...

[simon]

I guess that's why Denny is so short tempered - too busy regging those typos.

he doesnt register but buys them