RESTON, VA - Every quarter, Verisign releases its Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB) - a data-packed snapshot of the global domain landscape. The Q3 2025 report just dropped, revealing how domain registrations, renewals, and growth trends are shifting across .com, .net, country-code extensions, and hundreds of new generic TLDs. For professionals running digital projects from startups and online stores to marketers, web developers, and SEO specialists, these numbers are more … [Read more...]
WHOIS Data Shrinks: GoDaddy’s Latest Move Reflects Post-GDPR Privacy Trend
PALM BEACH, FL - The public face of domain ownership is disappearing - and GoDaddy's latest announcement is just the latest proof. In an email sent to resellers today, GoDaddy announced it will no longer collect or display Administrative, Billing, or Technical contact details for most domains. The move, effective August 21, 2025, is part of a broader alignment with ICANN’s evolving Registration Data Policy (RDP) and reflects a clear trend in the domain industry: WHOIS records … [Read more...]