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.ME IS SPREADING AROUND THE WORLD, MORE THAN 50,000 NEW NAMES IN OPEN
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The Web’s new personalized domain proves popular around the globe

Podgorica, Montenegro - July 22, 2008 – The .ME Registry officially
opened for live, real-time registrations July 17, 2008 and was met with
huge international demand. More than 50,000 new domain names were
registered in the first two days, with the first “live” name registered
being: yusu.me.

“While English speaking countries led the way in registration volume,
many non-English speaking countries such as Germany, China, and France
made a strong showing,” said Predrag Lesic, the registry’s executive
director. “We believe this bodes well for the international success of
.ME as the only domain that is all about YOU! .ME is a domain space that
offers personalized names for your products and services, or your
personal presence on the web, including email, in a more generic way
than any other.”

Top 10 Countries of .ME Registration by Percentage:
1.       United States  50 %
2.       United Kingdom 11%
3.       Germany        9%
4.       Canada         5%
5.       China          3%
6.       France         3%
7.       Netherlands    2%
8.       Australia      1.5%
9.       Israel         1%
10.      Spain          1%

“The .ME registry performed extremely well and was able to accommodate
the high demand for .ME domain names,” said Ram Mohan, Afilias’ Chief
Technology Officer. “Afilias’ registry system performed reliably,
recording new create requests in under 21 milliseconds and processing
more than 5,000 names in the first minute of open registration. In
total, the registry seamlessly accommodated more than 60 registrars
vying for .ME names.”

The registration process for .ME began in May with the Sunrise period
for trademark holders. Land Rush for the general public to register
names began in June. In total more than 30,000 domains were applied for
in Sunrise and Land Rush periods, and more than 50,000 new registrations
were adding in the initial days of live, real-time registration.

A list of more than 85 accredited registrars from 24 different countries
offering .ME domains is available at www.Domain.ME .

About the .ME Registry:
.ME Registry (the d.b.a of doMEn, d.o.o.) was chosen by the government
of Montenegro to operate the new .ME domain name extension..ME Registry
partners include ME-net,GoDaddy.com and Afilias Limited. Me-Net is
located in Montenegro and its principals have been leaders in the ICT
sector in Montenegro, including the privatization of its largest ISP.
GoDaddy.com is located in the USA and is the world’s largest domain name
registrar and the largest paid hostname provider in the world, according
to Netcraft Ltd. Afilias Limited is headquartered in Ireland and is a
leading registry services provider, supporting more than 13 million
domains worldwide.