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Subject: Re: Most Popular ccTLDs?
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In an e-mail message that I received on 00-02-11, at around 22:50 EST, someone
who evidently preferred to reply just to me directly, and whose name and
address I therefore omit, wrote:
> Subj: Re: Most Popular ccTLDs?
> Date: 00-02-11 22:49:51 EST
> From: [omitted]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BinaryView)
>
>
> I have read, but cannot recall where, that .TV and .FM
> have not had the success that many had anticipated.
> That, of course, is purely anecdotal.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> [omitted]
>
>
>
> From AfterNIC.com's URLy indicator:
>
> The current markets show that the pricing deviation among
> country specific domains is extremely wide. Although solid
> data is scarce, there is some anecdotal evidence that shows
> this market is becoming more active.
>
>
> The top cc TLD's are as follows:
>
> .de......(Germany) ...........1,008,701
> .uk......(United Kingdom) ......995,195
> .kr......(Korea) ...............162,536
> .ar......(Argentina) ...........155,275
> .au......(Australia) ...........124,721
> .nl......(Netherlands) .........121,242
> .ch......(Switzerland) .........111,918
> .it......(Italy) ...............108,991
> .dk......(Denmark) ..............93,181
> .at......(Austria) ..............74,549
> .jp......(Japan) ................65,017
> .ca......(Canada) ...............61,498
> .nu......(Niue) .................60,677
> .br......(Brazil) ...............59,628
> .za......(South Africa) .........55,087
> .fr......(France) ...............54,369
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BinaryView <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
> Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 (2:05 AM)
> Subject: Most Popular ccTLDs?
>
>
> >Does anyone know WHICH ccTLDs happen to be the most popular?
> >I.e., not as country-specific TLDs, used for the sake of the
> >country itself (for instance, I don't care HOW popular .UK
> >is), but for use by registrants worldwide as a pseudo-generic
> >TLD?
> >
> >Do registrants appear to be converging on any particular
> >ccTLDs as sort-of the substitutes of choice for having
> >additional generic TLDs?
> >
> >(Judging from certain registrars' Web sites, .TO and .CC are
> >fairly generally popular, while .AC and .SH have a certain
> >but fairly limited novelty appeal (the former as a faux .EDU
> >domain, and the latter for construction of names like "DA.SH"
> >or "CA.SH"), and .MD has a highly specialized (and therefore
> >limited) appeal. However, I have no idea how reliable these
> >VERY casual observations are, and they entail no quantifica-
> >tion at all.)
> >
> >Better still, does anyone know WHERE this information --
> >ideally with actual statistics -- might be available?
> >
> >-Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
