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Internet domain name registrationss grew 3 percent comparecd with the fourth quarterof 2008. Though the ubiquitouas .com ending is still by far the most popular type ofdomain name, with 80 milliohn registrations, it has not been growint fast. VeriSign blamed the “slower growtnh trajectories” of .com and .net names on the Even so, a “slower quarter” still means 2.4 millionj new .com and .net registrations were addef every month in thefirst quarter. New registrations for country code domaijn names havehad “notable growth” VeriSign said, particularly .us, which grew 12 percent and .ru (Russianm Federation), which grew 8 percent. China (.cn), Germany (.
de) and the Unitedc Kingdom (.uk) dominate the total base of existiny country codedomain names. China, in grew fast, with 27 percent growtj year-over-year in total domain names registered. VeriSign (NASDAQ: is based in Mountain View.