While US has liquor & games sales thrive during recession, we got at least something better. (Don’t feel offended’, just kidding =)). MYNIC statistic shows that .my ccTLD (country code top level domain) domain name registration is consistently increasing from month to month since Jan 2008. The highest increase happened on March 2008 when it increased by 3317 or 4.9%.

.com.my is the most categories registered ahead of .my followed by .net.my and .org.my.

On global level, .cn is the most ccTLD registered on the third quarter of 2008 ahead of .de and .uk which had long dominated the list. Surprisingly .us only ranked 9th although it is understandably the long internet domain dominating US is more favorable towards .com including domain hunters like most of us.

If there is a statistic showing how many domains registered for people from certain countries, we could have better visibility of how internet industry is progressing.

Despite global economic crisis, the statics shows the glimpse of the future of internet which is little impacted by it. Although the economy is predicted to be more severed on the beginning of 2009, the sign of what most people feared has started to be felt. It is interesting to see the MYNIC’s December statistic, whether it still has the positive momentum.

Internet is relatively new outside of the US whereby the internet market has matured. Countries particularly Malaysia has the taste of internet on early 90s and booming since then. So what triggers all this increase??

More internet users – More people has been introduced to internet via formal or informal education, peers and the entertainment industry especially online games and social media. Recent studies show that Malaysia is among the top 5 countries in Asia who has high internet penetration market. Over the time, users who initially spend their time on internet have been introduced to the fact that they can earn money online via multiple channel including websites.

Cheaper notebook & desktop – Thanks to competition and efficient manufacturing process, there are a lot of notebooks and desktops priced below RM2000. Not to mention netbook that has gained huge popularity recently.

Retrenchment & economy crisis – This caused the number of people unemployed to increase. These people have to find a new job that’s quite difficult to get, and at the same time turn to internet with hope to earn from there.

Internet Marketers – Undeniably these people is very important to internet. They are mastering the way to successful online marketing and make it available for people like above who are in need of it. There are those who are sincere to help, and those who are hunting for profits only.

Politicians – Yeah, more politicians setup self-hosted blog (not a blogspot or wordpress). Fear of ban perhaps.

There you go my cents.