2008 Domain Name Wire Survey Results

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2008 Domain Name Wire Survey Results
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Rest of results from survey released.

Yesterday during lunch at the TRAFFIC conference in Orlando, I released the remainder of the results from the 2008 Domain Name Wire survey.

Here's a summary of the results:

TOP 5 DOMAIN NEWS STORIES OF 2007
1. Domain values continue to rise
2. Attacks on legitimate domain owners
3. Registerfly
4. .Mobi values and controversy
5. Registry price increases

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO DOMAIN VALUES IN 2008?
75% think they'll go up
18% think they'll stay the same
7% think they'll go down

DOMAIN PARKING RPM
Will be higher in 2008 45%
Will be the same as 2007 31%
Will be lower in 2007 24%

BIGGEST THREAT TO DOMAIN INDUSTRY IN 2007
1. Changes in pay-per-click advertising 30%
2. Overall economy/recession 22%
3. Anti-domainer interests 19%
4. Domain theft 9%
5. Renegade registrars and resellers 8%
6. Registry wholesale price increases 8%
7. Other 4%

WHICH PERSON HAS MOST INFLUENCE ON DOMAIN INDUSTRY
1. Rick Schwartz 27%
2. Frank Schilling 19%
3. Bob Parsons 17%
4. Ron Jackson 10%

BEST DOMAIN CONFERENCE
1. TRAFFIC 60%
2. DOMAINfest 24%
3. Domain Roundtable 11%
4. GeoDomain Expo 5%

BEST FORUM
1. DNforum 50%
2. NamePros 37%
3. DomainState 11%
4. Other 2%

HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR SATISFACTION WITH ICANN?
Good 21%
Acceptable 55%
Poor 25%

SHOULD ICANN APPROVE NEW TLDS?
Yes 30%
No 57%
Not sure 14%

IF .COM WERE TAKEN, WHICH WOULD YOU REGISTER?
.net 71%
.info 13%
.org 13%
.biz 2%