The allure of the .com domain name
The latest internet statistics from Domain Tools reveal the unrivaled popularity of the .com domain name, with over 76 million registrations.
.net names come in a distant second with almost 11.5 million name registrations.
As of May 2008, there were 76,007,285 active and registered .com domain names. This compares to 11,397,594 .net names, 6,772,308 .org names, 5,037,335 .info names, 1,968,760 .biz names, and 1,412,141 .us names. The .com extension clearly dominates.
