The .UK revolution

[Ben Thomas]

Confusing person. Weren't you dead set against .uk at one time? Now it's the polar opposite? You've seen the light, so to speak.

 

[ukbackorder]

We're 77 years away from the 22nd century... I think that was his point

 

[Ben Thomas]

Thanks, Rob.

 

[Jiblob]

Nice

Seeing more and more of them the more I drive around.

 

[JMI]

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Nice

Seeing more and more of them the more I drive around.

Even sweeter they redirect the .co.uk to the .uk

 

[webber]

Too bad they didn't get the memo about 0845 phone numbers...

 

[Muller2]

When do we think acorndomains is going to move to the .uk domain?

 

[Kaleido]

I spotted this ad using a .uk on the telly. Air up is a German brand which explains the hyphenated domain as they love a dash in Deutschland.

 

[Jiblob]

The .UKs are coming!!

 

[m4c]

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The .UKs are coming!!

great to see it - but still fascinates me why graphic designers don’t capitalise the words in multi-word domains

 

[Kaleido]

I'm a graphic designer and I usually camel case multi-word domains because it makes them instantly readable. I do the same with hashtags.

 

[Jiblob]

I hardly ever venture out into the world, but every time I do now I see .UK names. That was in Magnet.

Looks like they couldn't even be bothered to register the .co.uk.

Probably cause they are a foreign brand and don't know that .co.uk is the most popular.

 

[Whois-Search]

.uk going up in the wild….

 

[Ben Thomas]

great to see it - but still fascinates me why graphic designers don’t capitalise the words in multi-word domains

Sometimes it looks ugly.

 

[Kaleido]

Yeh, a domain like FindAVan.com looks shite.

 

[m4c]

I’m sure most of these will have been dropped long ago - but you get the idea on why it’s sometimes it’s a good idea

• sydneytherapist.com
• kidsexchange.net
• bigalsonline.com
• choosespain.com
• bendover.com
• partnerstalking.com.au
• whorepresents.com
• expertsexchange.com

 

[Jiblob]

Glaucoma.co.uk
Worshipartists.uk

It looks like .UK saw a little growth last year and .co.uk saw a fairly decent loss https://www.nominet.uk/news/reports-statistics/uk-register-statistics-2023/

 

[Jiblob]

Every time I go out I'm seeing more and more

 

[lazarus]

Every time I go out I'm seeing more and more

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Been trading for 28 years too.

 

[twostepsbehind]

I think it comes down to the name itself and what it’s being used for