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Any real sales of .uk?
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Didn't .to offer a shortening service some years ago, which the urls were http://to./word (this is a valid url), currently http://to./ resolves a website.
Nothing stopping the bbc doing http://bbc./news, but the learning curve for people to include that period, would be insane.
Nothing stopping the bbc doing http://bbc./news, but the learning curve for people to include that period, would be insane.
First use I have come across www.total.uk
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This would be a far better example if Total didn't have a standalone website on total.co.uk though...
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Bbc
They also spent a lot more on acquiring BBC.com
As BBC is truly a world brand, I would guess that .bbc is brand protection
and future proofing in case it is needed by trend and usage.
I hope they move over to BBC.uk and Nominet did say in consultation meetings they had a made a pitch to BBC about the benefits of UK namespace for their domain name over .com and .bbc (which Nominet helped with).
They also spent a lot more on acquiring BBC.com
As BBC is truly a world brand, I would guess that .bbc is brand protection
and future proofing in case it is needed by trend and usage.
I hope they move over to BBC.uk and Nominet did say in consultation meetings they had a made a pitch to BBC about the benefits of UK namespace for their domain name over .com and .bbc (which Nominet helped with).
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http://gs.statcounter.com
Consider which company owns the top browser and why they might have a slight objection to search engines being bypassed
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I can't remember what the company were calld but there was a toolbar which years ago introduced .cars and .cool etc. They were actually sub domains which the browser object converted to like TLDs.
Perhaps room for a new toolbar company to do as you suggest. Check the url for bbc/news and test is bbc is a gTLD, then execute the move.
Perhaps room for a new toolbar company to do as you suggest. Check the url for bbc/news and test is bbc is a gTLD, then execute the move.
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So you're expecting people to install a toolbar, which will then let them type bbc/news instead of news.bbc ?
Why would they possibly want to do that ?
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I don't expect them to for that alone. People install tool bars for many reasons. GamersUnite, CashBack, Internet Radio, whatever.
It also wouldn't be limited to just the BBC, and personally I wouldn't use it either and expect it would bomb, was merely stating someone could do such a thing if they wished.
It also wouldn't be limited to just the BBC, and personally I wouldn't use it either and expect it would bomb, was merely stating someone could do such a thing if they wished.
this is the scary one - I almost shed a tear for IE http://gs.statcounter.com/#all-browser-ww-monthly-200812-201410
Ironically i thought latest versions of IE seem ok.
So what happened to FF - seemed they were smashing it 3 years ago now dying.
Ironically i thought latest versions of IE seem ok.
So what happened to FF - seemed they were smashing it 3 years ago now dying.
Nothing wrong with Firefox or the others per se, it's just Chrome is really that good for a number of reasons.
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