{"id":4926,"date":"2015-03-24T09:09:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T13:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalbrandinsider.com\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2022-01-04T08:39:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:39:18","slug":"new-gtld-utilization-report-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/new-gtld-utilization-report-march-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"New gTLD Utilization Report March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a title=\"Vincent D\u2019Angelo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalbrandinsider.com\/blog-authors\/vincent-dangelo\/\">Vincent D\u2019Angelo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CSC\u2019s latest New gTLD Utilization Report shows intriguing evolution in this space. There\u2019s yet further evidence that terms to the left of the dot in .brand domains could be powerful ranking signals for search engines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/email-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4927 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cscdigitalbrand.services\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CSC-Utilization-Report_Mar15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>And we\u2019ve seen new entrants in our Alternative Top 10 TLDs, with .ninja and .buzz joining a list that remains headed by .media and .social. Overall there\u2019s been a 34% rise in the number of New gTLDs featuring in the Alexa Top 1M since our last report in January 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The full report includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>.brands in search \u2013 highlights and observations<\/li>\n<li>The number of New gTLDs in the Alexa Top 1M<\/li>\n<li>The Top 10 generic New gTLDs<\/li>\n<li>CSC\u2019s New gTLD Utilization Indicator \u2013 tracking the new gTLDs that are most successfully penetrating the Alexa Top 1M<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; View the latest New gTLD Utilization Report at <a href=\"\/assets\/pdfs\/CSC%20gTLD%20Report_Mar15%20EN.pdf?utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_source=campaign&amp;utm_campaign=marchgtldreport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newgtld.report<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalbrandinsider.com\/email-sign-up-2\/\">subscribe to our blog updates<\/a>\u00a0or follow us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cscdbs\">@CSCDBS<\/a> to get the latest bi-monthly New gTLD reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Vincent D\u2019Angelo. CSC\u2019s latest New gTLD Utilization Report shows intriguing evolution in this space. There\u2019s yet further evidence that terms to the left of the dot in .brand domains could be powerful ranking signals for search engines. And we\u2019ve seen new entrants in our Alternative Top 10 TLDs, with .ninja and .buzz joining a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,387],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains","category-new-gtlds"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New gTLD Utilization Report March 2015 | CSC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Vincent D\u2019Angelo. 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