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Fake news were trending in domain names last month — Amazon and

Here are the keywords that were trending in .com last month.

The term “Amazon” had the biggest percentage spike in registrations between November and December in .com domain names, Verisign revealed today.

People cybersquatting on Amazon’s brand ahead of the holidays? Yes and no. Some of the domain names seem geographic in nature, such as amazonianascension.com and reforestaamazonia.com. But yes, most of the domains appear to be cybersquatting.

Coming in at #3 on the .com list last month was the term “Fake”, led mostly by domain registrations regarding fake news.

Here’s the complete list of the top ten trending terms in .com last month:

1. Amazon
2. Lawn
3. Fake
4. Sold
5. Broken
6. Bone
7. Museum
8. Certified
9. Puppy
10. Member

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