.ME IS SPREADING AROUND THE WORLD, MORE THAN 50,000 NEW NAMES IN OPEN REGISTRATION The Web’s new personalized domain proves popular around the globe

Podgorica, Montenegro - July 22, 2008 – The .ME Registry officially opened for live, real-time registrations July 17, 2008 and was met with huge international demand. More than 50,000 new domain names were registered in the first two days, with the first “live” name registered
being: yusu.me.

“While English speaking countries led the way in registration volume, many non-English speaking countries such as Germany, China, and France made a strong showing,” said Predrag Lesic, the registry’s executive director. “We believe this bodes well for the international success of .ME as the only domain that is all about YOU! .ME is a domain space that offers personalized names for your products and services, or your personal presence on the web, including email, in a more generic way than any other.”

Top 10 Countries of .ME Registration by Percentage:
1.       United States    50 %
2.       United Kingdom    11%
3.       Germany    9%
4.       Canada      5%
5.       China            3%
6.       France      3%
7.       Netherlands    2%
8.       Australia    1.5%
9.       Israel            1%
10.      Spain            1%