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.eu Domain Names Top 2.5M in Year One

Posted by samzenpus on from the going-like-hotcakes dept.

VictoryDone writes "More than 2.5 million ".eu" Internet addresses have been registered since the European domain name launched just over a year ago. Many worldwide brands — from companies like Air France and Versace to environmental campaigners Greenpeace — now have a ".eu" address, officials said, singling out non-European brands Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus for also choosing an ".eu" address in ad campaigns."

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  1. Re:This isn't much used. by JuanCarlosII · · Score: 5, Funny

    I live in France, and have since September. I interact with French people every day.
    ... I have since been accepted into the group and having studied them in their natural habitat they appear to have developed a rudimentary form of communication, an advanced social hierarchy, and a range of basic emotions that make them seem almost human.
  2. Re:This isn't much used. by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Although cordonbl.eu is already taken up, no Frenchman has yet bought p.eu

  3. Re:This isn't much used. by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also, sacrebl.eu is still wide open.

    Unfortunately, some squatter has already grabbed pepelep.eu...