Country Codes of the World in white
I want to thank internet researcher Anat Ben-David for sharing this photo of her office wall. I’ve usually seen our Country Codes of the World print framed in black but I think white …
Country Codes
Most global websites now use country codes
As part of the 2016 Web Globalization Report Card I note the use of country codes among the world’s leading brands. It’s an imperfect process because different companies use country codes …
Is .com worth changing your name?
Venture capitalist Paul Graham believes so. He notes: 100% of the top 20 YC companies by valuation have the .com of their name. 94% of the top 50 do. But only …
Have you registered your Cuba domain?
Cuba has long had its own country code: .CU. But most companies didn’t view this domain as a priority. Until now. But be aware that this domain isn’t cheap. I’ve …
One probable beneficiary of Scotland independence: .SCOT
So today is the big day for the people of Scotland as well as the UK. One question that occurs to country code geeks such as myself is what country code …
Aussies love .AU
Keeping in mind that this is a survey funded by Australia’s registry, the data points pretty clearly toward a preference for .au over .com. From the announcement: The report found .au remains …
Before Amazon enters Sweden it needs a .se country code
Few companies appreciate the value of country codes as Amazon. As you can see here, Amazon goes a step further and integrates the cccTLD directly into the logo: According to …
Microsoft Outlook now supports 32 country codes
Speaking of country codes, I’ve been meaning to mention this. Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail) now offers users an impressive range of country code domains. Here’s the full list of supported country …
Coffee Codes of the World
I love coffee. I also love country codes. So it was just a matter of time before I created something like this (now featured at the FORUM artspace gallery): The country …
Mystery codes
I recently completed a new infographic using country codes. What you see above is an excerpt. Can you guess what the codes are being used to signify (besides countries)? Enter …
Give me a .uk and hold the .co
Ever wonder why the UK home page for Amazon is located at amazon.co.uk and not simply amazon.uk? It’s one of those quirks of the domain name system. Countries have control over …
From Russia, with IDNs
A little more than a year ago, Russia opened up registration for its top-level IDN: рф. Since then, more than 900,000 domains have been registered, making this the most successful …
Another day, another abused country code
Everyone has a hobby and I suppose one of mine is looking for web sites that use (or abuse) country codes (ccTLDs). I was recently pointed to a new web …
The top 10 country codes (and the fall of China)
Verisign published its quarterly industry brief a few weeks ago. In it, the guide includes the top 10 ccTLDs, reprinted below: There are now more than 81 million registered ccTLD domains, which comprise …
A hit iPhone app, via Armenia
When I first discovered the popular iPhone photo app Instagr.am, my first thought was: Look, another creative use of a country code! In this case, the country code in question …