News stories generate domain name registrations.
Verisign has released its list of trending terms in .com and .net domain name registrations last month.
A couple of terms are directly related to news stories: Nepal, which is recovering from earthquakes, came in at #8. Cuba, which is being opened up even more to the United States, ranked #4. (Read this story about a domain name investor who was really early for Cuba domain names.)
IoT, short for Internet of Things, ranked #6.
(Verisign’s DomainView is down right now, so I can’t get exact numbers of registered domains using these terms.)
Here are the top 10 trending terms in .com, which means they showed the biggest jump in registrations:
1. guys
2. degree
3. download
4. cuba
5. method
6. iot
7. accident
8. nepal
9. miley
10. icbc
And the top 10 in .net:
1. repair
2. tshirt
3. stock
4. tshirts
5. cannabis
6. appliance
7. option
8. marijuana
9. icon
10. lets
John says
We were able to,a while ago, reg. HavanaRemodeling.com and CubaRemodeling.com (not for sale) for future investment. There are less and less really good .com “Cuba” or “Havana” names available. We also own some “Cuba” .info names but who knows if they’ll have any real value even though they are great keywords.
Robbie says
Cuba Remodeling ? Are you going to be remodeling cuba gooding jr’s house, worthless domains, nice attempt at a backlink
Shame on you John the spammer
John says
Now I know exactly who you are.
Scott Alliy says
Loving the IoT and Cuba rankings. Trend domaining lives (for those with risk tolerance) 😉
Joseph Peterson says
@Verisign,
How susceptible might these trending terms be to the actions of single registrants buying large batches?
I’m guessing the jumps are based on domain counts as opposed to distinct registrant counts, but the latter would be far more meaningful.