SIDN, the .nl registry, secured a growth of more than 480,000 domain names in 2009. At the start of 2010, the total number of .nl domain names was 3,678,224, representing a net increase of 15.3 per cent.
The figures appear in SIDN’s annual report for 2009, which was published today at www.sidn.nl.
In 2009, SIDN focused more closely than ever on its service provision to registrars: contact was intensified, research was done into registrars’ wishes and service quality was further enhanced. The project that dominated SIDN’s year was undoubtedly development of the new registration system, DRS5. SIDN’s registrars were closely involved in this project, with a number joining a special DRS5 Taskforce, which acted as a sounding board for SIDN throughout the design and realisation of the new system.
‘Despite the subdued economic climate, the .nl domain continued to grow strongly in 2009,’ commented SIDN’s CEO, Roelof Meijer. ‘With more than 3.6 million domain names at the end of 2009, the .nl domain is the fourth biggest of the world’s 250-plus country-code domains. By the middle of 2010, we expect to register the four-millionth .nl domain name. Such strong growth makes internet security an increasingly important issue – one that we gave considerable attention to in 2009. The success of our efforts in that field was reflected by the findings of an international survey, which highlighted the .nl domain as the most secure domain of its size anywhere in the world. Security will remain one of our main focuses in 2010.’
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