Verisign Celebrates 30 Years of .COM - Seite 2

While Internet growth and adoption has been primarily concentrated in North America for the last 30 years, today, Internet users in North America account for 19 percent of the total number of Internet users globally. As global Internet adoption and growth is accelerating outside of North America, .COM's global brand appeal, instant recognizability and rapid growth in overseas markets illustrates .COM's growth in parallel with Internet adoption.

To celebrate 30 years of .COM and all of the online businesses that have found success because of it, Verisign launched the #InternetOfficial contest in January, giving those who register a .COM domain name through a participating registrar during the contest entry period (i.e. Jan. 26, 2015 through April 30, 2015) and enter it into the contest by April 30, 2015, the opportunity to win up to $35,000. With the total number of possible .COM domain names tallied at over 10⁹⁸, and nearly half of all .COM domain names consisting of two or more English keywords, there is an extraordinary opportunity to register a memorable, descriptive, and original domain name on .COM. Visit VerisignInternetOfficial.com to enter or for more additional details about the #InternetOfficial contest.

To find more stats about the remarkable impact .COM had on society and business around the globe, check out Verisign's Celebrating #30YearsofCOM infographic.

About Verisign
Verisign, a global leader in domain names and Internet security, enables Internet navigation for many of the world's most recognized domain names and provides protection for websites and enterprises around the world. Verisign ensures the security, stability and resiliency of key Internet infrastructure and services, including the .com and .net domains and two of the Internet's root servers, as well as performs the root-zone maintainer functions for the core of the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS). Verisign's Network Intelligence and Availability services include intelligence-driven Distributed Denial of Service Protection, iDefense Security Intelligence and Managed DNS. To learn more about what it means to be Powered by Verisign, please visit VerisignInc.com.

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