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Downturn hits domain names

By Tim Bradshaw in London

Published: February 18 2009 02:00 | Last updated: February 18 2009 02:00

Registrations for internet domain names are the latest victim of the economic downturn.

Research published today by Verisign, the company that manages the .com and .net domains, found the number of names registered in the fourth quarter of last year fell 17 per cent against the same period in 2007.

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