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CentralNic purchases .ruhr top level domain

CentralNic purchases .ruhr top level domain

CentralNic continues buyout spree, counting a top level domain.

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CentralNic disclosed two tiny acquisitions today.

First, the firm disclosed it is acquiring the .ruhr top level domain name, which has been run by Regiodot GmbH & Co. KG. Ruhr is a region in Germany consisting of many smaller cities and a total population of regarding 500,000.

.Ruhr peaked at regarding 14,000 names and now has roughly 10,000. It’s been stable at that number for a number of years.

The firm also purchased Fireball Search GmbH. Fireball was the leading search engine in Germany in the late 90s. Lycos Europe then purchased it, and its popularity waned as Google grew. It was relaunched in 2016 and primarily displays Bing results.

CentralNic paid just €0.6 million for the two assets. It states the combined historical revenue for the two acquisitions is €0.2 million.

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