Every country registers nTLDs according to its own taste – whether that's .PARIS in France, .TIENDA in Spain, or .CLUB in Canada. Many nations take part in global trends; so their TLD habits might be similar. Yet some countries are very inward looking, ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Local Popularity & Global Influence: Nations and nTLDs
· UncategorizedJoseph Peterson continues his look at new top level domain names and their popularity across the world. No beating around the bush. Let's start with an example. .BERLIN is 1290 times more popular inside Germany than outside. And Germany is 48 times ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Phishing Scam Targets USAA
· UncategorizedLast Saturday, I received a phishing email targeting members of USAA, which is a bank extensively used by active-duty military members, veterans, and their family members. See for yourself: Subject: Important Message From: USAA ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How Local is Language? New gTLDs Around the World
· UncategorizedEvery nTLD has its own unique geography, if only because of language. The Spanish .VIAJES is viable throughout Latin America, whereas .IMMOBILIEN is only at home in German-speaking Europe. .TIENDA tends to be registered more often in Spanish-speaking ... Continue Reading2 Comments
How Local are They? GEO TLDs like .LONDON in the UK, .BERLIN in Germany
· Uncategorized1000+ new domain endings (nTLDs) have been released since 2014. Some of them – the GEOs – are explicitly about location: for instance, .LONDON, .NYC, and .IRISH. Most, though, are generic keywords like .CLUB, .FISH, .NINJA, or .ONLINE, which are not ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Country Bias in new top level domains
· UncategorizedHundreds of new domain endings (nTLDs) are registered all over the world. Millions of domains altogether. Some nTLDs are spread almost uniformly across the globe, whereas other suffixes tend – for whatever reason – to concentrate in a handful of countries ... Continue Reading7 Comments
The languages of new top level domains (Part 8)
· UncategorizedJoseph Peterson continues his deep dive into the languages of new top level domains. Almost all new domain endings (nTLDs) are meaningful terms – from English suffixes like .WORLD and .ROCKS to the Spanish .UNO or German .JETZT. So far, we've ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Getting linguistic with new top level domains
· UncategorizedJoseph Peterson digs into the language of new TLDs in this continuing series. Actors unsure how to play a scene will sometimes ask the director, "What's my motivation?" OK. Let me explain why I'm writing this somewhat technical article and what you ... Continue Reading4 Comments
A surprising conclusion about the languages of new TLDs (Part #6)
· UncategorizedWelcome to article #6 in a series examining the geography of new domain endings (nTLDs). Let's pick up where we left off: TLD language. Last time, we attempted to count suffixes based on language. As it turns out, categorizing any keyword or ... Continue Reading3 Comments
The languages of new top level domains
· UncategorizedThis is part 5 in a series examining the geography of new domain endings (nTLDs). We began by identifying the most active registrant nations, asking why some countries are over/under-represented. Next, we focused on GEO suffixes like .LONDON and ... Continue Reading9 Comments