Cyprus-Forum.com

[RichardB]

Notice the URL on the site? It says UK, in other words it is supported
by the Brits

dont be so silly I could do a website with .co.uk/ .com/ .cy./ .tu/.gr/ or any other site URL name anywhere in the world

would it mean that the country hosting that domain agrees with the content?

[zan]

Notice the URL on the site? It says UK, in other words it is supported
by the Brits

dont be so silly I could do a website with .co.uk/ .com/ .cy./ .tu/.gr/ or any other site URL name anywhere in the world

would it mean that the country hosting that domain agrees with the content?

If you guys keep bringing people out of their own little worlds then we will all have to live in this one and what a cramped place that will be.......

[DT.]

Notice the URL on the site? It says UK, in other words it is supported
by the Brits

dont be so silly I could do a website with .co.uk/ .com/ .cy./ .tu/.gr/ or any other site URL name anywhere in the world

would it mean that the country hosting that domain agrees with the content?

actually i think the .com.cy one needs to be approved by the unversity of cyprus

[RichardB]

Sorry Zan your last post baffled me!!

it just seems really petty that because a site is hosted in a country then some people assume that, that country supports the content

[Aphrodite18]

My email address is a web one with a .co.uk ending and I registered it in preference to the .com one as I didn't want it to be assumed I was\am in the USA because I am not. Mind you neither am i in the UK!! I am sure there are thousands (at least) who are not in the country who's "endings" they have to their web sites or their email. It could also be for commercially driven reason and which commercial operation ever agreed with it's government policies in their entirety especially re tax!

[zan]

Sorry Zan your last post baffled me!!

it just seems really petty that because a site is hosted in a country then some people assume that, that country supports the content

I was not having a go at you RichardB. Not in any serious sense anyway. I was just taking the piss out of Diogenes, and backing up your comment to put him straight. In other words.....Let him live in his own little world that he has created. I know I can be cryptic sometimes but I hought that was not one of my most cryptic. Sorry anyhow.

[Aphrodite18]

Trivial point perhaps but I wonder how many Greek Cypriots who live in the UK (There are a lot!!) and have uk email addresses would be annoyed by such blanket assertions\assumptions.. especially if they live next door to a TC hahaha

[bigOz]

The domain names can have any country's initials at the end of a URL, irrespective of where the site is hosted. They are totally irrelevant as far as private use or email addressing is concerned.

There is however a commercial purpose to using domain names ending with a specific country initials. It concerns the Search Engines that spider the directories and sites, in order to present a list of sites for an enquiry.

If you are in living in UK and search for a keyword / phrase "ladies underwear suppliers in UK", the search engine will give preference to all those site URLs ending with the .uk. Of course the listing depend on million other things, but the domain name can greatly contribute in many circumstances.

URL with the country's initials at the end, can suggest the country of residence for individuals or the trade area they are covering. Many international sites prefer .org to any specific country inits. I personally see no point in living in UK, and having a blog with a URL ending in Bangladesh inits!

[humanist]

I love that sentence teshekkur edderim & gusel (sorry about the spelling)

[bigdog]

Lord Maginnis is an Ulster representitive...help that tells you the ethics of the man.

What do you mean by that ??