ambiance Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Why not .uk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfoi83wyrl Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.uk .co.uk - commercial/general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84Mark Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Hmmm I didn't know that! For some reason I thought .co was for The Commonwealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfieZero Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 The theory is that you make money at a .co.uk address, and .org.uk is non-profit. Not always the case though as my site is completely non-profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyscott5 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 whats the answer then? :s i went on the website, couldnt find the part where it says '.co' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 .com is soo much better and easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesCherrill Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Why not .uk? * .ac.uk - academic (tertiary education and research establishments) and learned societies. * .co.uk - commercial/general * .gov.uk - government (central and local) * .ltd.uk - limited companies * .me.uk - personal * .mod.uk - Ministry of Defence and HM Forces public sites * .net.uk - ISPs and network companies * .nic.uk - network use only * .nhs.uk - National Health Service institutions * .org.uk - non-profit organisations * .plc.uk - public limited companies * .police.uk - police forces * .sch.uk - schools, primary and secondary education Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 * .ac.uk - academic (tertiary education and research establishments) and learned societies. * .co.uk - commercial/general * .gov.uk - government (central and local) * .ltd.uk - limited companies * .me.uk - personal * .mod.uk - Ministry of Defence and HM Forces public sites * .net.uk - ISPs and network companies * .nic.uk - network use only * .nhs.uk - National Health Service institutions * .org.uk - non-profit organisations * .plc.uk - public limited companies * .police.uk - police forces * .sch.uk - schools, primary and secondary education Ah, nice (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterious Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 I have also wondered. When you go to Google, you can type in Google.ca for Canada not Google.co.ca, wheras if you are in the uk, you have to type out Google.co.uk I have the @***.ac.uk, which is basically like the .edu in the US or elsewhere :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfoi83wyrl Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Hmm, never knew there was a .co.ca :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 I have also wondered. When you go to Google, you can type in Google.ca for Canada not Google.co.ca, wheras if you are in the uk, you have to type out Google.co.uk I have the @***.ac.uk, which is basically like the .edu in the US or elsewhere :) the same for google.us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I've never understood companies using .uk.com. Either use a .co.uk or a .com, .uk.com doesn't seem like a proper TLD to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 i always though co was for company, the same as .com ? :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_sphinx_ Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 * .ac.uk - academic (tertiary education and research establishments) and learned societies. * .co.uk - commercial/general * .gov.uk - government (central and local) * .ltd.uk - limited companies * .me.uk - personal * .mod.uk - Ministry of Defence and HM Forces public sites * .net.uk - ISPs and network companies * .nic.uk - network use only * .nhs.uk - National Health Service institutions * .org.uk - non-profit organisations * .plc.uk - public limited companies * .police.uk - police forces * .sch.uk - schools, primary and secondary education you missed .edu no wait...my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurë Veteran Posted July 9, 2006 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2006 .com is soo much better and easy But it is the American version while co.uk is the UK version. I've never understood companies using .uk.com. Either use a .co.uk or a .com, .uk.com doesn't seem like a proper TLD to me. Maybe they couldn't get their desired domain under co.uk or .com. Does seem strange to me but I guess it's not a bad compromise. Also, there may be American companies operating internationally - I guess it would make sense then. i always though co was for company, the same as .com ? :s I believe both are for commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Offtopic but you gotta love the Cook Islands... http://google.co.ck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Offtopic but you gotta love the Cook Islands... http://google.co.ck lol that is not actually deliberate, if you have a look Australia and New Zealand they do the UK thing as well because it is something to do with the Icann registration system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addc182 Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Offtopic but you gotta love the Cook Islands... http://google.co.ck nah i prefer google h4xor http://www.600673.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Hmmm I didn't know that! For some reason I thought .co was for The Commonwealth. South Africa is www.xxxxx.co.za as far as I am concerned it has nothing to do with company or commonwealth! I do not know what it's origin is but will try to find out! The za part is obviously for South Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simsie Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 what about .com.tw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Whether a country uses .cc or .co.cc is up to that's country's NIC. Canada's obviously chose to make the top level ccTLD (.ca) available to the public whereas the UK NIC chose to only make .co.uk available. Same for .com.tw. Their NIC chose to make .com.uk available rather than .co.tw or simply .tw. Whoever mentioned uk.com should know that uk.com is actually a TLD. The owners of uk.com (and gb.com and us.com) set up their own domain registry which isn't strictly kosher as, whenever you register a domain with them (e.g. neowin.uk.com) you're actually only registering a subdomain of uk.com. Strange but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Whoever mentioned uk.com should know that uk.com is actually a TLD. The owners of uk.com (and gb.com and us.com) set up their own domain registry which isn't strictly kosher as, whenever you register a domain with them (e.g. neowin.uk.com) you're actually only registering a subdomain of uk.com. Strange but true. They charge ?65 per subdomain, what an absolute rip off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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