The first two years of the Domain Name Wire survey were closed, meaning that no one could see the results until the survey was closed. I’ve decided to change that this year by providing an update of leaders thus far for a few of the questions. My hope is that this will get more people to take the survey and vote for their favorite service providers.

If you haven’t taken the survey yet, just click here. As a reminder, I’m giving out $175 in prizes to people who spend just a few minutes completing the survey.

Here are the top 3 in selected categories as of this morning:

Best Registrar

1. GoDaddy
2. Moniker
3. eNom

Best Parking Company

1. Parked.com
2. Sedo
3. NameDrive

Most Innovative Aftermarket Company

1. Sedo
2. Moniker
3. SnapNames

Top Domain Name Forum

1. DNForum
2. NamePros
3. DomainState

There’s also a heated battle for the person that has the most influence on the domain name industry.

Agree or disagree with the results so far? There’s time to change the standings…make your vote count!

This posting originally appeared on the Domain Name Wire website at domainnamewire.com/2008/02/06/domain-name-wire-survey-update