retiolus@lemmy.cat to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhy does people use .co.uk and not just .uk?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down17
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareWhy does people use .co.uk and not just .uk?retiolus@lemmy.cat to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareThe Hobbyist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up28·10 months agoI’m surprised google hasn’t bought google.uk and redirect to google.co.uk as it’s a common practice, such as wikipedia.com redirecting to wikipedia.org Maybe it’s cost, but I’m not convinced.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoKinda relevant, I recently discovered that sleazyjet.com redirects to easyJet.com lol. They actually pay for that domain
minus-squaremihnt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agosleazyjet.com redirects to easy.com for me. Maybe cause I’m in the US. I’m sure they pay a lot less for sleazyjet.com than they do easy.com.
I’m surprised google hasn’t bought google.uk and redirect to google.co.uk as it’s a common practice, such as wikipedia.com redirecting to wikipedia.org
Maybe it’s cost, but I’m not convinced.
Kinda relevant, I recently discovered that sleazyjet.com redirects to easyJet.com lol. They actually pay for that domain
sleazyjet.com redirects to easy.com for me. Maybe cause I’m in the US.
I’m sure they pay a lot less for sleazyjet.com than they do easy.com.