VeriSign, Inc. announces 2014 third quarter Internet new 4 million domain names

January 23 News, the global leader in Domain name and internet security, VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) announced that, according to the latest domain name industry briefing, the 3rd quarter of 2014, the internet added 4 million domain names, as of September 30, 2014, the world's top domain name (TLD ) registered a total of 284 million.

The world's 4 million new domain names are equivalent to a 1.6% increase compared with the 2nd quarter of 2014. The number of global registrations increased by 18.1 million, an increase of 6.8%.

The total number of. com and. Nettld increased significantly in the 3rd quarter of 2014, with a total of 130 million domain names. com and. Net. Increased by 3.3% over a year earlier. As of September 30, 2014, the number of registered. com domain names is 114.9 million, while the. NET domain name is 15.1 million.

In the 3rd quarter of 2014, the total number of newly registered. com and. NET domain names was 8.7 million. In the 3rd quarter of 2013, the total number of newly registered. com and. NET domain names was 8.3 million.

In the 3rd quarter of 2014, the Warisin Domain Name System (DNS) had an average of 114 billion visits per day for all top-level domain names operating in Warisin, up to 318 billion times, the highest average and peak hits of the single quarter so far. Compared with the previous quarter, the average number of visits per day increased by 20.1%, and the maximum number of visits increased by 55.6%. Compared with last year, the average number of visits per day increased by 40%, the maximum number of visits increased by 202.1%.

While it is not clear how the current cryptographic currency system will ultimately affect the "real world", it is now clear that internet-based applications (through ubiquitous networks and computing) are a powerful force for financial innovation. This quarter's feature "Encrypting currency and Domain Name System" provides a brief introduction to encrypting currency and DNS.