{"id":35039,"date":"2019-02-18T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=35039"},"modified":"2019-02-18T15:32:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:32:39","slug":"how-many-com-domain-names-are-unused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/18\/how-many-com-domain-names-are-unused\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many .com Domain Names Are Unused?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"318\" data-attachment-id=\"35040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/18\/how-many-com-domain-names-are-unused\/domains\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/domains.png?fit=1321%2C636&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1321,636\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"domains\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/domains.png?fit=660%2C318&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/domains-1024x493.png?resize=660%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/domains.png?resize=1024%2C493&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/domains.png?resize=500%2C241&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/domains.png?resize=768%2C370&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/domains.png?w=1321&amp;ssl=1 1321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/singaporedatacompany.com\/blog\/how-many-domain-names-are-unused\">interesting study of the .com domain names<\/a>.  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