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.eu notches up 3 million registrations
The top-level internet domain (TLD) .eu which was launched in 2006 recorded its 3 millionth registration today. .eu is the fourth most popular internet domain amongst European country domains and the ninth worldwide.
The domain was conceptualised to allow businesses, NGOs and especially pan-European companies to develop” a distinctly European online identity”.
"The three million .eu domains reflect the confidence of European internet users in .eu," said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media. "This achievement, just a few months before its third anniversary, indicates how .eu has clearly won public favour: a growing number of internet users are embracing the opportunity to express their European character online. In particular, I am glad to see that an increasing number of small and medium-sized companies have adopted .eu as an integral part of their corporate identity and I am looking forward to seeing more companies taking advantage of .eu in the future."
The .eu domain has seen highest registration figures for EU countries with large populations, like Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Poland. EURid, the registry for .eu, says that the results of a recent survey reveal that “users not only perceive .eu as the genuine European internet identity, but also believe that .eu domains are innovative and modern”.
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