Reglikedomain industry desk

On top in .com — Trump back

Trump and Wall were popular terms in fresh .com registrations last month.

We can debate how many people showed up to Donald Trump’s inauguration but there’s one thing we can’t debate: his inauguration propelled him to the top trending term in .com.

Following spending much of 2016 in this spot, the sudden reality that he’s the President of the United States along with some of his early actions generated a surge of domain name registrations that include his name.

Trump showed up #1 in Verisign’s trending keyword note for .com for January. Other related terms at the top of the list include America and Wall. Go figure.

Oh, and do you think numbers 4, 5 and 6 are related?

Here are the top ten trending words in .com in January:

1. Trump
2. America
3. Wall
4. Rent
5. Porn
6. Videos
7. Cell
8. Fest
9. Marin
10. Stem

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