I am not sure whether the increase in domain names reflects real activity on the Internet.
For example, I recently received a spam email from some guys claiming to be the official registrar for the.ws domain names. They had this cool video that presented a very compelling argument why I should reserve the nikolaypavlov.ws domain. The argument went like this:
"Nikolay, think how you would feel if someone else owned your name! Take it before it is gone!"
I did not pay them a cent, because I hate spam, but I did call my buddy who runs a hosting business and how I am the happy owner of http://www.nikolaypavlov.com/
And, now that I own it, it just sits there and gathers dust...
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I am not sure whether the increase in domain names reflects real activity on the Internet. For example, I recently received a spam email from some guys claiming to be the official registrar for the .ws domain names. They had this cool video that presented a very compelling argument why I should reserve the nikolaypavlov.ws domain. The argument went like this:
"Nikolay, think how you would feel if someone else owned your name! Take it before it is gone!"
I did not pay them a cent, because I hate spam, but I did call my buddy who runs a hosting business and how I am the happy owner of http://www.nikolaypavlov.com/
And, now that I own it, it just sits there and gathers dust...