Home / Industry

Public Interest Registry Announces 5,000,000 .ORG Domains Registered Worldwide

The Public Interest Registry (PIR), managers of the .ORG registry, announced today that 5,000,000 .ORG domains are now registered worldwide. The phenomenal growth experienced by the .ORG registry in 2006 reflects the continued increase in awareness, value and use of the .ORG brand, in addition to the success of .ORG registrars internationally.

"This is a significant milestone for the .ORG registry and we are excited that the number of .ORG registrations worldwide has increased by over 25 percent in less than 1 year," said Edward G. Viltz, President and CEO of PIR. "PIR is especially pleased that the global noncommercial community has an expanding online presence to support their organizational objectives. In addition, commensurate with this growth, the PIR Team is committed to continue expanding our support of the .ORG community on relevant Internet issues and to ensure community interests are represented within the domain name space."

Beginning in July of 2005, in an effort to increase Internet use by noncommercial organizations globally and promote the .ORG domain, PIR offered .ORG registrars discounts targeting developing regions of the world, including South America, Asia, and Africa. The promotions have resulted in a 50 percent increase in .ORG domain registrations in the targeted regions. In India, where in the fall of 2005, PIR held a series of internet outreach initiatives for noncommercial organizations; growth has reached a 93 percent annual increase. The outreach programs have assisted in further distinguishing .ORG as a global brand within the noncommercial community.

PIR congratulates and thanks all .ORG registrars on their success and contributions to this milestone. In addition, PIR appreciates the support of the .ORG Advisory Council, the Internet community, Afilias Limited, and the Internet Society for their support on this significant accomplishment.

About PIR

PIRTrusted across all ages, backgrounds and nationalities, .ORG is where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy. .ORG, The Public Interest Registry empowers the global noncommercial community to use the Internet more effectively and, concurrently, takes a leadership position among Internet stakeholders on policy and related issues on behalf of the .ORG Community. (Learn More)

Related topics: DNS, Domain Names, Registry Services, Top-Level Domains

WEEKLY WRAP — Get CircleID's Weekly Summary Report by Email:

Related Blogs

Related News

Topics

Industry Updates – Sponsored Posts

Top Level Domain Holdings Raises $14M for New gTLDs

.ORG COO Discusses Priorities With DailyVista, Pursuit of .NGO Domain

StarHub to Acquire '.starhub' New Top-Level Domain

ARI Registry Services Signs 21 Contracts in the First Week of New TLD Applications

MarkMonitor to Exhibit at Internet Tech Policy Exhibition and Reception to be Held on Capitol Hill

Sedari Signs With Dot Moscow Bidders

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry Welcomes Nancy Gofus As Chief Operating Officer

Minds+Machines Works with .bayern

The New Domain For Japan, JP.NET, Launches With Exclusive Invitation to Trademark Owners

Being a .PRO When Choosing a Registry Services Partner

UK Cabinet Office Looks to BlueCat Networks' Expertise and Best Practices for Securing PSN

Afilias Acquires Registry Services Corporation, .PRO

Thoughts on Applying for a Generic Top-Level Domain

Sedari Launches "Guess the Numbers Game" for New TLD Program

dot Brand Makes Its Debut: Afilias Advises Companies to Act Now for Successful TLD Applications

BlueCat Networks Helps Organizations Transition to IPv6 with HP

BlueCat Networks to Host Webinar on DNS, DHCP and IPAM Featuring Independent Research Firm

Facets of gTLD Registry Technical Operations - Registry Services

Technology and Finance Industries to Dominate New gTLD Applications

.CO Internet Selects Sedo to Broker Previously Unreleased .CO Domain Names

Hot Topics

dotMobi

Mobile

Sponsored by
dotMobi
Minds + Machines

Top-Level Domains

Sponsored by
Minds + Machines
Verisign

Security

Sponsored by
Verisign
Neustar UltraDNS

DNS

Sponsored by
Neustar UltraDNS
Afilias

DNSSEC

Sponsored by
Afilias