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Words trending in .com — Lice, Chinese

Lots of lice in .com last month.

Verisign has published its monthly trending keywords note, showing the keywords making the biggest jump in domain name registrations compared to the prior month.

Clinic came in at #1 on the list and Lice is #4. This is thanks to a whopping 1,600 domains registered by a lice removal clinic. It registered names such as LiceClinicsArlington.com and LiceClinicsIllinois.com.

Other keywords on the list are likely related to the Chinese domain name registration surge. Here are the top 10:

1. Clinic
2. Fund
3. Wang
4. Lice
5. Cai
6. Fang
7. Dai
8. Lian
9. Jin
10. Traffic

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