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Over 1 Million .eu Domains and Counting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the buy-them-up dept.

gavint writes "In the first 12 hours since "Landrush" registration of .eu Domains begun at 11:00 CET, over 1 million have been registered. Predictions of .eu becoming the second biggest domain after .com look like they may become true, with Nominet being responsible for "over four million" .uk domains, the second biggest namespace. The UK initially led the way during Landrush but have since been overtaken by Germany, with over a quarter of all registered domains. Meanwhile many "Sunrise" period applications where businesses are able to protect domains where they hold a prior right remain unprocessed, although these domains cannot be registered yet during Landrush. Over 1,000 registration agents were only allowed one connection each to EURid's servers in order to prevent problems and ensure fairness."

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  1. Hmm by Poromenos1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How do you pronounce "eu"? If it's how I think it is, "fuck.eu" would be a very nice domain to have.

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    1. Re:Hmm by joe+155 · · Score: 4, Funny

      If you like that you'll love being able to register ".co.ck"... I always found that one funny, not exactly shure which country it is though

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  2. Is this a case of... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The UK initially led the way during Landrush but have since been overtaken by Germany

    ... get your towel off my domain name?

    1. Re:Is this a case of... by amliebsch · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm not surprised at all. Ther Germans have a long history of successful landrushing.

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  3. EU is such a silly idea... by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why not... .UN! All members in the United Nations can register one! :-p
    Redundancy and more redundancy for the domain registrars to make money...

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  4. embiggen.eu is still available by psykax · · Score: 3, Funny

    for legitimate pharmaceutical suppliers, of course

  5. Don't mention the landrush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    The UK initially led the way during Landrush but have since been overtaken by Germany, with over a quarter of all registered domains.

    Don't worry, in a couple of years the US will join in and help us take them all back.

  6. In Soviet Russia... by borgdows · · Score: 4, Funny

    insovietrussiadomainsregister.EU !!

  7. Re:big in GB... by Haeleth · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't help but wonder with the amount of people registering in the GB, 257,368 at present, if this is meaning people are becoming more accepting of the idea of Britian being considered a part of europe.

    Even UKIP.eu is registered! Truly we must be on the dawn of a new era.