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Recorded Live August
4, 2006
Crossing the International
Borders with a Website Domain
With the advent of the internet, we are truly
becoming one-world but before you decide to expand
into the international cyberspace, there are some
things you should be aware of. Find out what you
need to know as you listen to this part of our
interview with Monte Cahn of Moniker.com.
In this second segment of this August
4, 2006 interview with Monte Cahn, Monte informed
listeners that Moniker.com allows you register
some international domains i.e. exactly 54 inter-nation
country code extensions which happen to be the
top 54 extensions that are available.
Monte also informed listeners that not every
country has there own extension yet. Currently,
there are 243 country codes. In order to have
a country code assigned to your domain name you
need a registry and an infrastructure. Other requirements
include networking, hardware, software and a stable
network are needed to support that extension.
Interestingly, people in Europe and Canada do
not necessarily tend to type in ‘.com’
as their first reaction. Instead, they use their
particular country code extension. Monte revealed
that Germany’s ext ‘.de’ is
the 2nd most registered domain extension in the
entire world. ‘.co.uk’ is 3rd and
then we go to ‘.net’ and ‘.org’
and ‘.info’ and a couple of other
country codes. That gives us an idea how powerful
country codes are for usage in these particular
localities.
Initially when country codes first came out they
added a piggy back onto the ‘.com’
because people were used to the ‘.com’
extension first as it was the only extension out
there besides ‘.net’ and ‘.org’.
Monte explained that ‘.com’ was originally
designed for the use of Internet commerce, ‘.net’
was designed for networking or networks of companies
or individuals and ‘.org’ was designed
for organizations and non profits. Thankfully,
it never panned out that way and people can use
‘.org’ and ‘.net’ names
in any way you want.
When asked what challenges there are to actually
register in a domain name that is from another
country, Monte explained that you will need a
presence in the country in question i.e. a business
or an address, an identity presence that shows
that you are entitled to have a domain name from
that country. Monte informed listeners that Canada
has the most stringent laws regarding this. People
have to have a presence in Canada and that the
Canadian registry checks that presence. As a result,
people need to establish a business address or
have a Canadian address or citizenship to operate
in a ‘.ca’ extension. The same applies
to Germany and many other countries. However,
fortunately, this problem does not apply to the
UK. Moniker has established a presence in a lot
of the countries that have strict laws and this
allows customers to establish their identities
and brands in those particular country codes if
they register through Moniker.
Segment 1 Summary: Covering
the Basics about Domain Names
Segments 3 & 4 Summary: Domain
Name Purchase, Cybersquatting and More
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