.uk Hits 10 Millionth Registation
27 August 2012
Growth of the .uk register has reached a key milestone, with over 10 million domain name registrations, according to domain name registrar Nominet. “This is a huge achievement and shows how far .uk has come from the first registrations in 1985,” the company said. “In 2000 the .uk register reached its first milestone of 1 million and in 12 short years has multiplied ten-fold.”
The range of domain names that now make up the .uk space represent the diversity and variety of the UK internet community as a whole, from the causes and charities using .org.uk addresses to the cutting edge e-commerce sites using .co.uk domain names, Nominet says.
“In approaching 10 million .uk domain names, we have taken the opportunity to reflect on the content of the registry database. With 10 million domain names there is a huge variety in length of domain name and the words used in domain names,” the company said.
“It is impossible to ignore the vital role that .uk plays in the national digital economy as business sites now make up more than three million .uk domain names. This is even more significant when you consider that 25% of these sites feature some type of e-commerce,” the company says. “These sites are making an important contribution to the digital economy and helping to meet the needs of consumers to buy goods and services online.”
The company says there is still much work to do. “According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, only 13% of UK businesses with less than 50 employees use their website for online sales,” the company said. “We are committed to ensuring that .uk is as appealing and attractive as ever to encourage many more business to start trading online and help maintain .uk as a trusted space.”
