hi to everyone,
had to put the dot co dot uk in there so everyone knows i’m english
don’t ignore me just because of that-please:rolleyes:
I think the “Location: england” pretty much gave that away, dom.
Not sure why you’d think you’d be ignored because of your nationality, dom samouri. Welcome to the SDMB – you might find it easier to greet folk in the MPSIMS forum.
Aannnd – folk there will spell your user name right, too!
Ugh! Sorry, dom samourai! :smack:
cheers,only clicked here cz the main page said that newbies post here
Well, for testing purposes, yes.
Your subject is more suited for Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share, or MPSIMS.
And welcome aboard. 
Speaking as a fellow citizen of our sceptred isle welcome. Don’t worry old chap, there are a few of us brits here. Standing tall against those damn ex-colonials and europeans.
I look forward to you helping us give johnny foreigner a run for his money. Its not hard dear boy - they turn and run at the first sight of cold steel…
I always wondered what the .co stood for. .uk is obvious (and I bet .co will be too once someone tells me)
.co is equivalent to, and is commonly used instead of, .com for sites originating outside the USA.
I’ve only ever seen .co used for British sites - certainly down here, we use .com.au
I’ve never understood quite why the Brits are so contrary about this - .com is good enough for the rest of the world, why can’t they use .com.uk? Huh?
Hi, dom samourai!
there’s a pleasant kind of symmetry to .co.uk rather than .com.uk
plus the word “co” is regularly used as an abbreviation of “company” already - so it probably seemed natural to go with “co” rather than “com”.
Makes sense, thx.
The UK is not the only country to use .co - I’ve seen .co.nz for example.
So, if it’s just .com it’s American? I’ve never seen .com.us or a .co.us. Why is that?
AFAIK, provided your preferred domain name is still available, you can call it .com or whatever no matter where you register it, but because America got there first, you Yanks got your hands on the generic suffixes for your own sites.
There has been some criticism of this in the past; that the generic suffixes ought to be used for sites that have an international purpose primarily, and that American-oriented sites ought to have national suffixes too, but it would require a lot of redesignation that the owning companies are reluctant to do. It wouldn’t be impossible, though.
everton u doin fine ,me a red scally soz
I’ll let you off, dom - 'specially after this weekend’s results :). Welcome aboard the SDMB.
much appreciated!
There is also .co.jp.
I presume the US got .com because Al Gore reserved it for them… 