Verisign Third Quarter 2008 Domain Report

Yesterday, Verisign released a Third Quarter Domain Name Industry Brief that showed third quarter 2008 registrations up 19% over last year during the same period but the growth rate overall is slowing. Andrew Allemann at domainnamewire.com thinks part of the tld registration growth slowdown is due to Google Adsense tightening its policy regarding parked domain site advertising. AdWords advertisers can choose to opt-out of showing ads on parked sites, making the investments in domains less attractive if your primary monetization strategy is parking.