Reglikedomain industry desk

.com again in November — Trump trumps

A lot of political domain names became worthless following last month’s election, but Trump’s win ensured that names with “Trump” in them remained popular.

Over 9,000 .com domain names with Trump in them were registered last month, counting nearly 3,000 the day he was elected. Of course, many of these domains were pro-Trump and others were anti-Trump.

Trump’s dominance of the top 10 trending keywords in .com last month wasn’t limited to just the word Trump. He took 7 spots on the list, followed by 2 for marijuana (also a boon following the election). Here are the top 10 trending keywords last month, as stated by Verisign:

1. Trump
2. Make
3. Great
4. Weed
5. Again
6. America
7. Donald
8. Near
9. President
10. Pot

So how did the term “near” sneak onto the list? Someone registered a bunch of domains in the form productnameNearme.com, such as IonizedWaterNearMe.com and UrgentCaresNearMe.com.

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