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A '''Country Code Top-Level Domain''' ('''ccTLD''') is a two-letter Internet top-level domains ([[TLD]]s) specifically designated for a particular country, sovereign state or autonomous territory for use to service their community. ccTLDs are derived from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 ISO 3166-1 alpha-2] country codes.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/ ICANN ccTLDs]</ref> | A '''Country Code Top-Level Domain''' ('''ccTLD''') is a two-letter Internet top-level domains ([[TLD]]s) specifically designated for a particular country, sovereign state or autonomous territory for use to service their community. ccTLDs are derived from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 ISO 3166-1 alpha-2] country codes.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/ ICANN ccTLDs]</ref> | ||
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A pseudo-ccTLD mimics an official country code domain without formal recognition, often used for branding or to suggest geographical affiliation. | A pseudo-ccTLD mimics an official country code domain without formal recognition, often used for branding or to suggest geographical affiliation. | ||
==Generic ccTLD== | |||
A gccTLD is a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) that is considered generic due to its branding and usage. That's what gccTLD stands for, generic country code top-level domain. gccTLDs are seen by search engines such as Google as generic instead of country-targeted for search.<ref>[https://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/what-is-gcctld What is a gccTLD?]</ref> According to Google, "website owners frequently see these more generic than country-targeted", which led them to present them as generic.<ref>[https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/managing-multi-regional-sites?visit_id=638700086735724771-231066323&rd=1 Google Search Central: Managing multi-regional and multilingual sites]</ref> Examples include ".co", which is used by many as an alternative to "[[.com]]" representing commercial, ".io", adopted by tech companies and ".ly", as a domain hack. | |||
==Open ccTLDs== | ==Open ccTLDs== | ||
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The following is a list of the current ccTLDs, including their [[registry]] operators and any special notes about registration of the domains.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ IANA Root Zone Database]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#Internationalized_country_code_top-level_domains Wikipedia: List of Internet to-level domains]</ref> | The following is a list of the current ccTLDs, including their [[registry]] operators and any special notes about registration of the domains.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ IANA Root Zone Database]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#Internationalized_country_code_top-level_domains Wikipedia: List of Internet to-level domains]</ref> | ||
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<td>'''ccTLD'''</td> | |||
<td>'''Entity'''</td> | |||
<td>'''Manager'''</td> | |||
<td>'''Registry Operator'''</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr><td>[[.ac]]</td><td>Ascension Island</td><td></td><td>[[NIC.ac|NIC.AC]]</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>[[.ad]]</td><td>Andorra</td><td></td><td>[[Andorra Telecom]]</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>[[.ae]]</td><td>United Arab Emirates</td><td></td><td>[[.aeDA]]</td></tr | |||
</table> | </table> | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
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