mediajunk

Verisign's latest report on domain registration claims that 63 million different domain names are currently registered. That's roughly one for every 100 people in the world. This doesn't mean that one in every hundred actually owns a domain name -- even though certain reporters, such as Joe Best, writing for CNET, have erroneously interpreted the figures this way. Rather, a small number of people and businesses (domain squatters, spammers, affiliate-builders, etc.) have registered a bulk of the these domains. Verisign claims, nevertheless, that 64% of the registered domains are associated with active websites. I suspect that the definition of "active" is a very broad one, however, and that many of these sites may be "parked", or may contain the standard "purchase this domain" garb. Still, 63 million domains. Sheesh. I gotta get me some of that.