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.blog domain names registered in first 24 hours — Over 19,000

.blog domain names registered in first 24 hours — Over 19,000

Total with sunrise and landrush now tops 21,000.

dot-blogThe .blog domain name is off to a pretty good start in terms of domain name registrations.

19,035 domain names were registered during the first 24 hours of general availability, the registry confirmed to Reglike.

That makes a total of 21,115 registrations counting sunrise and landrush.

The numbers would be higher if the registry hadn’t held back so many domain names, counting all three-letter and shorter domain options.

I think .blog will have steady growth once it’s fully integrated into the WordPress.com blog creation path.

For more on .blog, listen to my podcast interview with WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg.

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