Top List of TLD and ccTLD

[Tom K.]

Hi Everyone.

I think there has been limited discussion on this subject so I thought it would be helpful to get everyone's input on the breakdown of best extensions from most valuable to least.

Here're my observations:

Top TLD extensions:

1. COM
2. NET
3. INFO
4. ORG
5. BIZ
6. NAME

Top ccTLD extensions:

1. TV
2. US
3. CA
4. CO.UK
5. EU/DE
6. Other european ccTLD's
7. WS
8. CC

We'll adjust the list as feedback rolls in.

[Irish31]

Erm, I have to put .DE and .Co.UK ahead of .CA, as much as I love the .ca extension and am a proud Canadian.

This may change though, as .ca is starting to really pick up steam.

.US and .DE and.co.uk should have the top 3 spots, .CA is in the top 5 I would say though, as is .TV.

.WS and .CC are there on the radar, and getting bigger, but still a mostly unknown commodity at this time.


The GTLD's order seems fine to me.


Jay

[Tom K.]

Top gTLD extensions:

1. COM
2. NET
3. INFO
4. ORG
5. BIZ
6. NAME

Top ccTLD extensions:

1. US
2. CO.UK
3. EU/DE
4. TV
5. CA
6. Other european ccTLD's
7. WS
8. CC

[memmst]

http://www.denic.de/en/domains/stati...lds/index.html

[denny007]

.EU - is it gtld or cctld: that is the question

[Tom K.]

Top gTLD extensions:

1. COM
2. NET
3. INFO
4. ORG
5. BIZ
6. NAME

Top ccTLD extensions:

1. DE
2. CO.UK
3. NL
4. EU
5. IT
6. US
7. TV
8. CA
9. Other european ccTLD's
10. WS
11. CC

[Tom K.]

.EU - is it gtld or cctld: that is the question

ccTLD: continent code TLD ???

European Union member nation fixed address is required to register.

Perhaps the EU is heading towards becoming a unified nation with member nations becoming states or provinces. Who knows.

[denny007]

CC tld = Country Code tld
G tld = Generic tld
EU is not nation, but .EU is not generic either

[Tom K.]

That's correct.

It's a matter of naming conventions. Technically it's handled as a ccTLD (country code TLD) although it is a continent. Both start with "c" coincidentally. But, of course, EU is not refering to the entire continent (yet), but to a politically and economically tied group of European nations.

[denny007]

Just for the sake of completeness: Europe IS continent, EU is NOT a continent, EU is subset of Europe.

[amcdonald]

I would think canada is up somewhere in the top 6 for country codes.

[Tom K.]

Just for the sake of completeness: Europe IS continent, EU is NOT a continent, EU is subset of Europe.

Right. So, although EU doesn't refer to one particular country but a group of countries it would rightly be considered a ccTLD. All the more so since restrictions are placed on who can register a .eu whereas no such restrictions exist for registering gTLD.

[Ubiquitous]

Comparison of international Domain Numbers (from above post)

Date: End of July 2006 (or latest available data)

.com = 53,896,533
.de = 10,022,858
.net = 7,870,306
.uk = 5,141,040
.org = 4,853,499
.info = 3,259,281
.nl = 1,992,258
.eu = 1,998,780
.biz = 1,443,849
.it = 1,178,188

[Irish31]

What is the current count for .ca?


Anyone know?

[StockDoctor]

Top gTLD extensions:for investment return

1. COM
2. ORG
3. INFO
4. NET
5. BIZ

Top ccTLD extensions:for investment return

1. US
2. DE
3. .CO.UK
4. CA
5. WS
6. TV
7. EU
8. CC

[Ubiquitous]

What is the current count for .ca?


Anyone know?

As of December 31, 2005 there were 627,367 registered domains. They said in the annual report (pdf) there was a 29% increase in registrations from the previous year (2004).

[Provider]

As of today, september 18th , there are 735,389 .ca domain name registered

[Irish31]

Damn, let's get that sucker up to the million mark.


EVERYONE, go register a .ca name, even if it's crappy.


Should hit 1 million by end of 2008 if not sooner!


Jay

[denny007]

If they would allow .ca to anyone, the domain could become as good as .de