Schwartz and Parsons Have Most Influence on Domain Name Industry: Survey

Survey states Rick Schwartz has most influence on domain name industry.

Each year on the Reglike annual survey I ask an open ended question:

Which person has the most influence on the domain industry?

This is a fill-in-the-blank question, which means fewer people answer the question. But they have to give it some thought, too.

This year Rick Schwartz received the most responses with 62. A lot of domain investors also believe Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons exerts a lot of influence; 43 people wrote in his name.

Of course no list is complete without Frank Schilling, who showed up 33 times. Rick Latona was chosen 23 times despite taking some time off from the spotlight to work on his next domain name product.

Other people receiving at least 10 write-ins include me, Michael Berkens, Ron Jackson, and ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom.

You can view more results from the Sixth Annual Reglike Survey here.