SupremeCC Â Â 10 #1 Posted March 11, 2015 Can anyone explain the difference between the above please. All i know is that .co.uk and .com have been around forever but now theres newer ones like .org or .uk. Whats the difference? Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tzijlstra   11 #2 Posted March 11, 2015 This isn't in the correct section (will probably be moved).  However, the domain extensions are part of the DNS protocol and maintained by an organisation (I forget their name now) who recently decided to add a whole host of new extensions.  Originally they were assigned per country, .com/.org/.net and a few others were US/generic extensions, co.uk/gov.uk/org.uk and some others ending in UK were British ones, .nl was for the Netherlands and .de for Germany and so on.  Over time it was found too restrictive which is why we now get new ones, their popularity isn't massive though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
vincentb   10 #3 Posted March 11, 2015 Basically you can choose which suffix (the technical term is TLD) you like for your website, depending on what it's for. Traditionally .com (or .co.uk in the UK) was for companies, .org (or .org.uk) were for non-commercial organisations, .edu and .ac.uk for the education sector, and so on. But nowadays there are hundreds of TLDs you can use: .academy, .bargains, .church, etc.  Whatever type of URL you want for your website, your host should be able to sort you out with the domain name and TLD of your choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
