(I mean *.com vs. *.net) What is the difference between a webiste ending with com vs. net? I used to think that net implied it was an internet provider, but I know of internet providers ending with .com and I know of non-internet providers with *.net!
I know .com refers to commercial, but I’m starting to see no distinction!
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A .com site was originally to be commercial use only, while a .net was something that added to the internet’s infrastructure. The line got so blurry that the registrars don’t care anymore. Same with .orgs. Would be too much of a headache defining who’s who otherwise.
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Nowadays not much. When we purchased our domain name, we used our company name and net because the com version was taken. When you register now, you’re encouraged to reserve all three (com, net and org) versions of your name. I don’t know what proscriptions there might be against trying to register as a gov, edu or whatever else there might be.
gov, edu, etc, those take special powers to get, which we don’t have.
com=commerical or company [profits]
org=organzation [non-profits]
net=network
Don’t forget the new .cc , coming soon to an area near you.
Actually, that raises a question. Someone mentioned using .net because .com was already taken. The new .cc was created because all the .com’s were already taken. (I think it’s only in Houston right now.) But lots of people with .com’s are rushing out to get the same as a .cc. Seems to me if they do that, then all the .cc’s will be taken by the same groups as the .com’s, so it won’t do any good to have the new .cc’s.
Am I wrong here?
Here in Australia, they have very strict rules, which frustrates me no end.
You can only register a Domain (.***.au) if you already have a registered business name that matches what you are wanting. You can only get a .com.au if you are a commercial enterprise, a .org.au if you are non-profit, and .net.au if you are somehow internet related.
It sucks, because it means I cannot register pigeonman.com.au because it isn’t a currently registered business name in Australia.
Wankers.
-PIGEONMAN-
Guano,
Do you have to register in Australia? Could you just fire US$70 of to Network Solutions and register pigeonman.com?
Also, as an unrelated afterthought, what time is it where you are, GL?
It’s 12 midday Sunday, and pigeonman.com is owned already.
But my plan is to get pigeonman.org, I just haven’t done it yet, as I’m short on cash.
-PIGEONMAN-
According to ISO 3166 ( http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso3166.txt ), CC is the country code for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. This seems to indicate that .cc is a case of a small nation selling its domains internationally because it has a convenient code, just like .cx, .to, or .nu. I don’t know if Turkmenistan (.tm) has started this practice yet.
GuanoLad, just out of interest, I’d check around free Australian ISPs. In the wonderful world of timed local calls in the UK there’s an ISP called FreeNetName that acts just like any other ISP (i.e. they make their money through ads and a percentage of your phone bill).
Their gimmick is that they will register a (.co.uk or .org.uk) domain name on your behalf for free, so long as you use them as your ISP. If you want to change ISPs, they make you pay through the nose, but I managed to have http://www.fervent.co.uk/ up and running within 24 hours, and as long as I log in to their ISP every now and then I can browse to my heart’s content on my flat-fee cable ISP.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there’s an Australian equivalent - which would help with your AUD problems…
I never touched him, ref, honest!
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You can try www.register.com for a list of all the abbreviations you can get & search for what is available.
I think you can get like a 65 character URL now.
Anyone want to suggest one that long?
Thanks for the suggestion, Mattk, but I can afford to regiater the name, I just can’t afford to get the hosting space I need to go with it. I want the site to be on it’s own space (instead of the freespace it’s on now) so I can do some things with it. Also, I work for a Web Hosting company, so I’m almost obliged to do it through them (which I have no problem with, I just have no money :))
What about .edu and .gov. Surely these have remained pure in the US? Who decides? Who gave domain name power to the organizations that give out domain names?