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Internet domain name registrations grew 3 perceng compared with the fourth quarterof 2008. Though the ubiquitousw .com ending is still by far the most populae type ofdomain name, with 80 million registrations, it has not been growinv fast. VeriSign blamed the “slower growth trajectories” of .com and .net names on the Even so, a “slower quarter” still means 2.4 million new .com and .net registrations were addec every month in thefirst quarter. New registrationz for country code domain names havehad “notabled growth” recently, VeriSign said, particularly .us, which grew 12 percentt and .ru (Russian Federation), which grew 8 China (.cn), Germany (.
de) and the Unitecd Kingdom (.uk) dominate the total base of existing country code domainh names. China, in particular, grew fast, with 27 percenft growth year-over-year in total domain names registered. VeriSign VRSN) is based in Mountain