Then it'll make a great addition to the https://switchedto.uk .UK propaganda website...
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I see you haven't added BL.uk to the list yet .
Then it'll make a great addition to the https://switchedto.uk .UK propaganda website...
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Done! Whilst it hasn't technically switched because it predates the .UK free for all, it's still a notable one.I see you haven't added BL.uk to the list yet .
Historically, it is the small sites that change that make the difference for a new TLD. With large brand name sites, the extension is invisible to most users because they associate it with a brand. This means that people think of Google rather than the .co.uk. When the small sites begin to change en masse, this is a good thing for a new TLD. Though attempts to publicise sites that are switching may be jokingly referred to as propaganda, this kind of activity is extremely important for a new TLD because the sites and people publicising this information are promoting the TLD (or .UK). It would be far more worrying if this kind of activity was absent as it was for the launch of most of the new gTLDs.I know you joke about the fact I called it propaganda but I refer to things like having gay.uk on there despite that not having transferred yet. Then a bunch of irrelevant sites being used as fillers because you can only find an extremely small handful of sites that push your point.
Done! Whilst it hasn't technically switched because it predates the .UK free for all, it's still a notable one.
Dont forget https://harrysrolypolys.uk
Godaddy decided to promote this on the .uk instead of the .co.uk
They show .UK emails but it's a fake/alias email.
You're looking for a connection as a domainer, not a user.
Based on the points you made, .co would be better than .com - It's shorter, sleeker, means the same thing (technically it doesn't but it's promoted as if it means company etc.) and the user doesn't know the Columbia connection either.
There's literally been nothing to show at present that .co.uk website owners/domainers care about the extension apart from resellers looking for some easy money.
Originally though when nominet were bullsh...*cough*... informing us all it was basically to have different people developing the uks and thus increase the diversity and popularity of the namespace as a whole. Otherwise there would've been no point at all introducing the extension and it would've just seemed like a money making scam for nominet. So where are these new people?