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Someone sent me this link today. It is a snapshot and analysis of the way .us registrations have progressed.
The study was done by Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
This snapshot is as of 8/13/02, fairly recent.
307k + .us registrations were analyzed from a zone transfer file.
This is a scholarly and in depth study of trends for the .us TLD that are similar to other TLD registrations.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/dotus/
My interpretation is that there are BIG players in the name game, and then there is everyone else. The top 10 owners have about 15k names. Average is 41 names per registrant, out of 3460 different registrants.
Defensive TM protective registrations and typo regs account for an interesting piece of .us regs. Amazon regged many typo names, and Johnson & Johnson regged 700+ TM names.
A concern for the author was the 21,639 registrations with ALL WHOIS contact information outside the US.
The registrars are broken down, and GoDaddy is at the top, both before and after sunrise, with 18% of the market.
Great information for the .us TLD buyers here. Looking forward to other people's take on the article.
The study was done by Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
This snapshot is as of 8/13/02, fairly recent.
307k + .us registrations were analyzed from a zone transfer file.
This is a scholarly and in depth study of trends for the .us TLD that are similar to other TLD registrations.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/dotus/
My interpretation is that there are BIG players in the name game, and then there is everyone else. The top 10 owners have about 15k names. Average is 41 names per registrant, out of 3460 different registrants.
Defensive TM protective registrations and typo regs account for an interesting piece of .us regs. Amazon regged many typo names, and Johnson & Johnson regged 700+ TM names.
A concern for the author was the 21,639 registrations with ALL WHOIS contact information outside the US.
The registrars are broken down, and GoDaddy is at the top, both before and after sunrise, with 18% of the market.
Great information for the .us TLD buyers here. Looking forward to other people's take on the article.