Do americans know what is their country code top level domain (ccTld) ?
Well, some may , but it seems most americans don`t.
And to be honest we can`t even blame them since it should be the media to inform the average John and Jane Smith about this. Not everybody is into this world like me and some other smart guys out there.
Some of them, especially from the Usa (due to the .us policy restrictions) have invested quite a good amount of money in this domain extension which was landed on the e-world only in 2002 ( you can find more info about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.us )
For the domainers crying over the disappointing .us performance, have a good read at WHAT a major American ISP writes in his FAQ:
http://www.highstream.net/faq/use_internet.asp
particularly at this:
Question: I’ve seen some Web sites with a “.uk” or “.au” at the end. What are they?
Answer: A domain’s suffix can also tell you what country a host is in. Sites in the United States do not have any additional suffixes, but other countries do. Web sites in Great Britain, for example, would have a “.uk” at the end. Some common ones include:
• .au: Australia
• .ca: Canada
• .ch: Switzerland
• .de: Germany
• .il: Israel
• .it: Italy
• .jp: Japan
• .uk: Great Britain
My advice to the american domainers: you guys really should go around the U.S. informing people about that their ccTLD is NOT .com ……..just send emails to your local news…..
