Tag Archives: Mark McLaughlin

Tue 3rd August 2010
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VeriSign CEO: “PPC is a Dead Thing” - PPC no longer a driver of domain name registrations, says VeriSign CEO. When it comes to growth opportunities for the .com namespace, domain parking “is a dead thing”, VeriSign President and CEO Mark McLaughlin explained on an analyst conference call yesterday. McLaughlin was responding to a question from JP Morgan Chase Co analyst Sterling Auty, who asked: …on the 7.9 million new names that came in during the quarter, you mentioned international, but are there ... read more ...
Mon 8th June 2009
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Will VeriSign Hold Domain Name Prices Steady this Year? - With significant bad publicity, a negative court decision, and a watchful eye in Washington, will VeriSign not invoke its full 7% .com price increase this year? For the past two years, .com and .net registry VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has increased prices on .com domain names 7% and .net 10%, the maximum allowed under its contract with ICANN. The .com contract allows VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) to increase .com fees 7% per year for four years of each six year term in its ... read more ...