Hi , As I see all uk domains are like domain.co.uk and etc ... but no domain.uk only without co ... ! Thanks
good question, I think that's because Uk's are always special and different , joking man, hopefully someone will clear our minds
Actually there a few .uk domains - parliament.uk and british-library.uk for example - but these date from way back before Nominet, when domain registration was a low-volume, largely manual process, overseen by a part-time body. As far as I can find, since the mid-90's it has been forbidden to register a straight .uk name and all domains must have a 'second level' name. This seems to be borne out of a desire for organisation and classification that defines domains by type : gov.uk for government sites co.uk for commercial enterprises (the largest SLD in the UK) me.uk for personal domains org.uk for non-commercial organisations ltd.uk and plc.uk for registered company names only net.uk for Internet Service Providers sch.uk for schools I'm sure others know more - I just found the above by doing a quick search on google and wiki. Cheers, Rob
No reason, the domain management authority don't release the domain of such extension . Of course they are able to release .(Have a think of the .me domain. )
I think If they open the extension .uk , they have to give priority to the owners of " old .co.uk , ... " domains , but they will make a very big amount of £££ !
The extension for co.uk had been established before the explosion of domain names for countries etc, took place. It would be a logistical nightmare as well as huge expenses for companies alike, to change at the co.uk or add just .uk therefore an agreement was reached to leave as is and they might consider for money reason to make a change a better economic times, Icann''t and the ruling parties go their ways about anyhow.......