On 04/05/2022 17:08, gopal@annauniv.edu wrote:
Dear All,
I am opting to respond to one of the mails on this subject that reached me.
Since, I am traveling this week, I have limited time to catch up on the other responses.
The attachment is a visual on the ccTLDs that has been useful for me while doing some discussions on geopolitics in a limited manner.
ccTLDs are highly prone to using "Domain Hack" techniques.
For example: inter.net dates back to 1992.
www.cou.ch : Is a good choice for a couch vendor for branding but it has .ch
www.mydoma.in : Is a common idea in India.
coffeehou.se : Is a catchy name for a Coffee Shop
Domain hacks are a niche rather than generally used domain names. This is because the ccTLD part of the domain name becomes psychologically invisible to the users in that country. This is because with successful ccTLDs, people begin to think of the ccTLD as *their* TLD. Think of the way that people give directions to their favourite restaurant or shop. Theydon't give the name of the country unless they are living in a border region.
Also, the trend is that a .com domain name is purchased before registering a ccTLD domain name.
For ccTLDs launched since the DotCom bubble, perhaps but unless the ccTLD is in a developing market with an early phase registry (manual registrations processing and typically run from a university Computer Science or government department) the ccTLD registation may predate the equivalent .COM registration. Where the domain name is a highly generic term, the .COM registration may have been registered decades ago. The ccTLD/.COM pair used to be the "must-register" pair for businesses but as ccTLD markets started to dominate their local country markets, many registrants only register a .ccTLD domain name. That increasing "uniqueness" percentage increases as the ccTLD becomes more popular. The gTLDs then start to fall back to replacement level and new registration volume switches to the ccTLD. The development level of the local Internet infrastructure also plays a part. Where there is a less developed infrastructure, domain names and sites will be hosted outside the country. As the infrastructure develops, domain names and sites shift to be locally hosted. If the .COM registration fee is cheaper than the local ccTLD in a developing market then more registrations from that country will be .COM/gTLD than .ccTLD but that changes once there is widespread adoption of the ccTLD in that country. Regards...jmcc -- ********************************************************** John McCormac * e-mail: jmcc@hosterstats.com MC2 * web: http://www.hosterstats.com/ 22 Viewmount * Domain Registrations Statistics Waterford * Domnomics - the business of domain names Ireland * https://amzn.to/2OPtEIO IE * Skype: hosterstats.com ********************************************************** -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus