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Anyone here know what does the co in the .co.uk stand for?
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Why not .com.uk instead?
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A lot of other ccTLD's have the .co instead of the .com commercial
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Originally Posted by coolpix
Because .co.uk is quicker to type and to be honest sounds better. Another thing, commerical seems more of an american term & I always think of co to be company as more of an English term
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Originally Posted by coolpix
your joking right? do you realize how popular .co.uk is?
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Originally Posted by affordahost Because .co.uk is quicker to type and to be honest sounds better. Another thing, commerical seems more of an american term & I always think of co to be company as more of an English term
Yes co. is More often used as contraction of Company.
But
commercial is also very much an English term
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Regardless of what .co stands for it generally means the website has something to do with coporations and/or business.
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Originally Posted by thekingstooge Regardless of what .co stands for it generally means the website has something to do with coporations and/or business.
Yes, but the uk is a country not a corporation :S. maybe it means
co untry?
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Originally Posted by thekingstooge Regardless of what .co stands for it generally means the website has something to do with coporations and/or business.
No more than .com's are all companies
Anyone can reg .co.uk These days
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Havent you heard of Companies naming John & co etc? for company?
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