Unhappiness with how domain name overseer runs the show

12 Feb 2015 at 04:31, Kieren McCarthy

 

In the past, two-letter domains have typically been used to indicate countries, such as "us" for United States or "uk" for United Kingdom. As such, the registration of two-letter second-level domains has been restricted and often banned altogether.

 

But with more than 500 new TLDs being added to the internet and another 500 in the pipeline, more and more registrars have been asking ICANN to allow them to lift the restriction on two-letter domains – so you would be able to, for example, register "uk.horse" or "no.music".

 

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