7526 3 3 econsultancy_xml <em>"With six million domain names now registered and a large percentage of these linked to e-commerce, it's easy to see the importance of a .co.uk domain name to a business,"</em> <a href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=4181">said</a> Nominet chief executive Lesley Crowly.<br /><br /><em>"Local companies such as Klassik Builders are realising the value of a .uk domain name for promoting their business to customers."</em><br /><br />The Rainhill, Merseyside-based building and shop fitting firm became the six millionth .uk registrant when it registered <a href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=4181">klassikbuilders.co.uk</a> last week.<br /><br /><em>"I felt that by choosing a .co.uk address, people would be more likely to visit my web site," </em>Tony Hunt from the outfit told Nominet.<br /><br />.uk was first introduced as part of the JANet education network in 1985 and is now the fourth most popular country code top-level domain name after .com, .de and .net.<br /><br />.co.uk is the most popular varient of the .uk suffix. <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Quote>"With six million domain names now registered and a large percentage of these linked to e-commerce, it's easy to see the importance of a .co.uk domain name to a business,"</Quote> <Link URL="http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=4181" Window="New">said</Link> Nominet chief executive Lesley Crowly.<LineBreak /><LineBreak /><Quote>"Local companies such as Klassik Builders are realising the value of a .uk domain name for promoting their business to customers."</Quote><LineBreak /><LineBreak />The Rainhill, Merseyside-based building and shop fitting firm became the six millionth .uk registrant when it registered <Link URL="http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=4181" Window="New">klassikbuilders.co.uk</Link> last week.<LineBreak /><LineBreak /><Quote>"I felt that by choosing a .co.uk address, people would be more likely to visit my web site," </Quote>Tony Hunt from the outfit told Nominet.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />.uk was first introduced as part of the JANet education network in 1985 and is now the fourth most popular country code top-level domain name after .com, .de and .net.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />.co.uk is the most popular varient of the .uk suffix.</FormattedContent> 2007-07-09T12:45:00+01:00 1 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Nominet has registered its six millionth .uk domain name, with the national country code attracting a growing number of domestic companies.</strong> <br /> <br />The registry said a YouGov survey of 2,324 internet users showed people were six times more likely to enter a .uk domain name than a .com address when using a search engine.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Nominet has registered its six millionth .uk domain name, with the national country code attracting a growing number of domestic companies.</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <LineBreak />The registry said a YouGov survey of 2,324 internet users showed people were six times more likely to enter a .uk domain name than a .com address when using a search engine.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1468 363748 Six million .uk domains live, Nominet reports false 2007-07-09T15:11:00+01:00 six-million-uk-domains-live-nominet-reports 2009-04-29T17:17:02+01:00 2009-04-29T17:17:02+01:00 701