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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== | ||