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Earlier
this year - on February 15, 2024 - .US,
celebrated its 39th birthday. .US was created on Feb.
15, 1985 as the very first country code domain
(ccTLD) on the Internet. Today every country on earth has
its own ccTLD (for example, it is .uk for Great Britain, .ca
for Canada and .de for Germany). In most cases the local
ccTLD is the most popular and affordable alternative to
.com.
.US
has been on a hot streak in recent years. As of July 1,
2024, the annual growth rate for .US domain registrations
was 8.5%, more than double the 4% growth rate
for all of the world's ccTLDs combined. July also marked the
25th consecutive month that .US has posted a YOY increase
in registrations which have now passed the 2 million
mark. .US is also one of the 10 most popular TLDs in dollar
volume at GoDaddy owned Afternic.com,
the most popular platform for aftermarket premium domain
sales.
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Later
this month we'll be in Boston at the end of an
anniversary cruise. While looking for a hop on, hop off
bus to use there, we couldn't help noticing the web
address for this company. Guess which one we will be
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