.co.uk Question

[domainprince]

Anyone here know what does the co in the .co.uk stand for?

 

[thomase]

company

 

[coolpix]

Why not .com.uk instead?

 

[barefoottech]

A lot of other ccTLD's have the .co instead of the .com
for example .co.in .co.cn .co.nz
And the .com & .co is usually taken as meaning commercial

 

[thomase]

Why not .com.uk instead?

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 :tri:

 

[downloadfreak]

Why not .com.uk instead?

your joking right? do you realize how popular .co.uk is?

 

[barefoottech]

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 :tri:

Yes co. is More often used as contraction of Company.
But commercial is also very much an English term
Below is from the Official website of Nominet UK

The SLDs that are managed by Nominet UK are:

* .co.uk for commercial enterprises (the largest SLD in the UK)
* .me.uk for personal domains
* .org.uk for non-commercial organisations
* .ltd and .plc for registered company names only
* .net.uk for Internet Service Providers
* .sch.uk for schools

 

[thekingstooge]

Regardless of what .co stands for it generally means the website has something to do with coporations and/or business.

 

[JoshHendo]

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 country?

 

[barefoottech]

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

 

[Venolus]

Havent you heard of Companies naming John & co etc? for company?