The Media Outrage over Ebola.com Sparks an almost 10 fold increase in Ebola related registrations

Back on October 9, 2014 CNBC was the first media outlet that covered the Ebola.com domain being for sale. On October 14, the media frenzy started and their were posts all over the mainstream media, from The Daily Mail to The Washington Post. Yesterday Elliot Silver posted about the sale of Ebola.com to Cannabis Sativa, Inc. for $50,000 and restricted shares in the thinly traded public company.

All the media hoopla spurred a surge  in Ebola related domain registrations. In the month of September there were 567 Ebola related .com and .net domains registered. After the media frenzy on October 14, the number of registrations on the 15th and 16th were each greater than the whole month of September. October 15 saw 673 .com and .net regs. October 16 saw 770 .com and .net registrations.

So far there have been over 5,000 Ebola .com and .net registrations in October.

September Registrations

October Registrations

Some of the domains registered include:

ebolawarnings.COM
bestebolacure.COM
worldaboutebola.COM
eboladoctorus.COM
americaebola.COM
ebolavirusblocker.COM
ebola-nation.NET
ebola-nation.COM
ebolation.NET
ebolations.NET
ebolations.COM
ebolanation.NET
ebolation.COM
howisebolatransmitted.COM
howdoyoucatchebola.COM
todaysebolanews.COM
ebolagreen.COM
getebolafacts.COM
babyebola.COM
beds4ebola.COM
ebola-911.COM
protectyourfamilyfromebola.NET
protectyourfamilyfromebola.COM
thetruthaboutebola.COM
ebolaoff.COM
ebolapray.COM
eboladrones.COM
letsgoviraltofightebola.COM
ebolahealed.COM
ebolapages.NET
ebolacaesar.COM
ebolaczars.COM
ebolacaesars.COM
ChinaEbola.com