Crikey, mate! Dot .Sydney is already one year old!

It’s partying Down Under for the dot .Sydney Registry, as the Aussie gTLD celebrates its very first anniversary!

One of the biggest geographical gTLDs, dot .Sydney just clocked a year in existence and shared with us some important metrics.

Since launch, almost 9,000 domain names have been registered under .Sydney, including early adopters such as the City of Sydney and Luna Park.

Other facts and figures include the following:

• 97% of all .sydney domain names are registered by Australians, with 77% of these registered to individuals and businesses located in New South Wales.
• The most visited .sydney domain names as ranked by Alexa include: barangaroo.sydney, fieldday.sydney and agentfinder.sydney
• 46% of all .sydney domain names are between eight and 13 characters long.
• There is high availability of short and memorable .sydney domain names, with 98% of all possible three-character and four-character domain names unregistered.
• The largest portfolio holder has registered 115 .sydney domain names.
• Neustar processes on average 29 million Domain Name System queries per month for .sydney domain names, which offers an insight into the amount of website traffic generated by these domains. This averages to approximately 900,000 queries per day.
• The 10 suburbs with the most .sydney domain name registrants are (in order): Sydney, Parramatta, Surry Hills, Balmain, North Sydney, Dee Why, Alexandria, Baulkham Hills, McMahons Point and Paddington.

George Pongas, Director of Product Management at Neustar, Inc. said the milestone capped off a successful first year of operation.

“We are pleased with the consumer demand for .sydney domain names to date and look forward to seeing proud Sydneysiders and businesses serving the state warmly embracing the namespace as awareness continues to grow.”

Mr Pongas said he was particularly proud of the way businesses and individuals were using and promoting their .sydney domain names. He added that the namespace was serving the needs of the community, with 97% of registrations originating in Australia.

“It’s encouraging to see the number of .sydney owners using their new domains in their marketing and advertising to connect to their city. This is a testament to their endorsement of the city’s new home online.”

Here’s a great video testimonial about using a dot .Sydney domain, by Kungfu.Sydney.

To celebrate .sydney’s first birthday, Sydneysiders can enjoy special birthday offers. To register your .sydney domain name, visit www.get.sydney.

Check out this cool infographic about dot .Sydney below!

 

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