2/3rds of searches include a TLD, 44% of searches for new TLDs came back unavailable.
eNom revealed some interested stats about domain name searches in its most recent newsletter:
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eNom revealed some interested stats about domain name searches in its most recent newsletter:
- Users performed an average of 2.6 searches per session.
- One-third of all searches were made without specifying a top-level domain.
- Of those searches that did specify a TLD, 20% were for new generic TLDs.
- 53% of searches for legacy TLDs came back as unavailable for registration. The same was the case for 44% of new TLDs.
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