I've always wondered why Australian domain names always end in .com.au - why don't they end in co.au?
I've always wondered why Australian domain names always end in .com.au - why don't they end in co.au?
Because australians wouldn't have understood why it was different to the rest of the dot coms.
Last edited by scott.mohekey; 16-06-2009 at 12:18 AM.
hmmmmm, tasman flame war begins
time to get the flock out of here before I get fleeced.
luckily I'm not wearing gum boots
maybe its because australians can spell words that are longer than 2 letters
Last edited by Kitty's VR4; 16-06-2009 at 01:45 AM.
So do you have .ac.au and .gov.au?
.co.uk indicates a company or organisation (although this is widely used for family domains etc too)
.ac.uk indicates an academic institute
.gov.uk indicates govornment pages
maybe its everyone else thats wrong?
Ireland has .ie
Germany has .de
Latvia has .lv
etc etc etc
Still here somewhere........
I beleive it is because Aussie has always strived to be a little america
and NZ has always strived to be a little AustraliaOriginally Posted by bradc
Originally Posted by Nick Mann
.ac here is .edu for educational
& yes to .gov.au
PMSLOriginally Posted by miller
My question remains unanswered.
No, we really do strive to go our own way down here.
Ryan: It's parallel Evolution. Some bugger somewhere just registered the root domains they thought would make sense at the time without really checking what everyone else was doing or why.
The internet is absoloutely riddled with inconsistencies like this, and most of them have no reason better than "It was like that in the 80's".
Thanks anyway guys
Hehe,try asking on www.geekzone.co.nz if you really want to know.
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