It isn't that I'd mind sharing the information, but since zone file stats
are worthless for figuring out how many domain names are registered I don't
feel I could provide any kind of accurate or useful data. I would be
skeptical of any registration figures that don't come directly from the
registry (maybe even then!).
If a new domain name shows up in the zone file, it may be a new
registration, or it may be a renewal of an expired name, or a release from
hold for some other reason, or someone added name servers to a domain that
had none. I'm not interested in running the new names against the whois
servers to find out, and I would have no way to account for domain names
that are still registered but have been missing from the zone files for ten
years, or which expired ten years ago but haven't been released.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sergei Kolodka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 8:10 AM
Subject: Re[2]: zonefile count
> Hello Chuck,
>
> CH> I parse the zone files to strip out the domain names, and insert them
into a
> CH> database. I believe the counts are accurate, although I have not done
a
> CH> manual count!
>
> CH> The zone files contain only domain names which are not "on hold", and
which
> CH> have at least one name server assigned, and are not a good indication
of the
> CH> total number of domain names registered.
>
>
> I saw such numbers at TUCOWS www.domainsurfer.com site, but right now
> it contain data from 1 March, before it was updated daily, and i can't
> see any mention about number of names registered. What's wrong ?
>
> Anybody know any other site where such statistics can be obtained
> on daily basis ?
>
> Maybe you, Chuck, can made them publicly available ?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Sergei Kolodka mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
