TLDs Archives - Webnames Blog Domains, Hosting, SSL and Ideas for businesses to succeed online Thu, 01 Jan 2026 02:24:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 From .AI to .CA: What 2025’s Domain Trends Tell Us About 2026 https://blog.webnames.ca/from-ai-to-ca-what-2025s-domain-trends-tell-us-about-2026/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:35:30 +0000 https://blog.webnames.ca/?p=21870 domain name recap for 2025 and trends for 2026

As we wind down 2025 and look toward 2026, the domain landscape feels both familiar and gradually transforming. On the surface, the big players haven’t changed much. .COM still dominates and ccTLDs (country-code domains) continue to hold maximum trust locally. But underneath that stability, there’s been some movement in how businesses seem to be thinking…

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]]> 7 Things You Need to Know About .APP by Google Registry https://blog.webnames.ca/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-app-by-google-registry/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:42:14 +0000 https://blog.webnames.ca/?p=16990

Launches of new generic top-level domains have slowed down considerably in recent years. And that’s a not a bad thing. With 500+ gTLDs now available, not including country-code extensions, there is a domain out there for almost about every conceivable vertical.  And many of these domains have limited or narrow use cases. But every now…

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]]> ICANN Approves New gTLD Program – A New Domain Landscape is on the Horizon https://blog.webnames.ca/shop-paris-the-domain-name-spa-1/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:29:35 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2011/06/shop-paris-the-domain-name-spa-1/ New Domain Names are Coming in 2012 Part of the mandate of ICANN is to make the internet representative and inclusive. Over the last ten years they have tried to pick new top level domain names that would best serve the internet and this centralized process saw the introduction of new domain extensions such as…

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]]> Verisign Releases Final Domain Industry Brief of 2009 https://blog.webnames.ca/verisign-releases-final-domain/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:50:12 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2010/02/verisign-releases-final-domain/ Verisign – the registry provider for .COM and .NET – has released its final Domain Industry Brief for 2009. The VeriSign quarterly reports provide a review of the state of the domain name industry, including up-to-date trends in new registrations, renewals, and growth opportunities, through a variety of statistical and analytical research. Summary of Key Trends…

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]]> ICANN Approves Overhaul of Top-Level Domains https://blog.webnames.ca/icann-approves-overhaul-of-top/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:29:30 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2008/06/icann-approves-overhaul-of-top/ Big news out of the ICANN meetings taking place today in Paris, France. ICANN has unanimously approved the introduction of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD’s) – and the decision is expected significantly impact the Internet as we know it.  Soon any public or private organization from anywhere in the world will be able to register…

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