Worldwide .ORG usage contributes to continued growth in the .ORG Community
RESTON, VA - November 30, 2005 - Public Interest Registry (PIR), the .ORG registry, announced today that over 4,000,000 .ORG domains are registered worldwide. The successful growth of the .ORG domain is a direct result of the increase in global internet use, the credibility associated with the .ORG brand, as well as the success of over 180 .ORG resellers worldwide.
"We have reached a significant milestone within the .ORG community," said Edward G. Viltz, President and CEO of PIR. ".ORG is no longer considered to be the 'other' domain. It has become the established Internet home of the worldwide noncommercial community. The attainment of four million registered .ORG domains is a direct reflection of the increased awareness and demand for the .ORG domain. We reaffirm our commitment to the continued management of the .ORG Registry in the public interest and thank our Registrars, their Resellers, Afilias Global Registry Services and the .ORG Community for their support."
.ORG, originally created in 1984, has grown to be the third largest generic top level domain and the fifth largest when including country code top level domains. PIR is promoting the use of .ORG within the global nonprofit community through outreach programs targeting developing regions of the world. Additionally, PIR has offered to .ORG registrars discounts targeting Latin America, Africa, India, China and Southeast Asia in an effort to expand the Internet and promote the .ORG domain in these regions.
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The .ORG domain, which has come to be associated with noncommercial activities, is the Internet's third largest "generic" or non-country specific top-level domain with more than 4 million domain names registered worldwide. In 2002, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board of Directors selected ISOC's proposal from among 11 organizations bidding to operate the .ORG top-level domain. PIR assumed control of the registry on 1 January 2003.
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