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10/09/08

Over 100,000 .me domain names have been registered

Barely 2 weeks after the launch of the extension, 100,000 .me domain names have already been registered.

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02/07/08

The number of domain names keeps on rising

According to numbers provided by VeriSign (the company that manages the top-level domains .com and .net), during the first quarter of 2008, over 14 million new domain names were registered worldwide, which is 17% more than during the previous quarter and 15% more on an annual basis.

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24/06/08

The number of .nl domain names has increased by 23%

On January 1st 2008, there were 2,695,454 .nl domain names in the Netherlands. This number was communicated by the SIDN, the organisation responsible for the proper functioning of the.nl domain on the Internet.

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24/06/08

IDNs for Argentina (.com.ar, .net.ar, .org.ar, etc.)

As from August, internationalised domain names (IDNs) will be available for .ar domains (.com.ar, .net.ar, .org.ar, etc.).

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24/06/08

Registration rules easing for .si domains

Registration rules for a .si domain (Slovenia) will soon be relaxed

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24/06/08

America.com sold for 1,700,000 $

This week, the domain name america.com has switched owners for 1.7 million dollars. So that’s a tad more than pizza.com, which has recently been sold for 1.5 million dollars.

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20/06/08

The landrush for .nu numeric domain names

It is now possible to register .nu numeric domain names. Numeric domain names are domain names containing digits, such as 1234.nu or combell1.nu.

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17/06/08

Over 80.000 .lt domain names

The registry for .lt domains (Lithuania) announced that there are now 80,000 .lt domain names

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28/04/08

The ten most expensive domain names

You could already read previous that it pays to invest in domain names. This week, the domain name dollars.com was sold for no less than 500,000 EUR. Below, you’ll find a brief overview of the 10 most expensive .com domain names that have changed owners

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23/04/08

The 12 millionth .de domain name has been registered

Yesterday, the 12 millionth .de domain name has been registered. According to DENIC, the instance that manages the German ccTLD, this confirms that .de domain names are the Germans’ first choice.

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09/04/08

The 100 first domain names

Let’s take a dip into the history of Internet for a moment. The first domain name was registered in 1985. 

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30/03/08

Pizza.com was sold for a fortune

In 1994, a 43-year-old American bought the domain name pizza.com for only 34 euros. Because he had no more use for it, he put this domain name up for sale and made a huge profit in the bargain. The domain name was sold last week, for the astounding amount of 1,500,000 euros!

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24/03/08

There are more .nl than .eu domain names

At the present time, there are more .nl than .eu domain names. As a matter of fact, there are 2.824.391 .nl domain names versus 2.819.673 .eu domain names. 

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17/03/08

Almost 1.000.000 .es domain names

Shortly, the millionth .es domain name will be registered. Spanish domain names have been liberalized in 2005 and have increased strongly since then. In 2004, there were barely 85.000 .es domain names.

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03/03/08

Investing in domain names more interesting than in real estate

According to Domain Name Wire, investing in domain names is much more lucrative than investing in real estate for the following reasons

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