What are Domain Name Extensions? - Josea

 

What are Domain Name Extensions?

Any domain name or internet address has a dotted extension at the end. Here are the meanings of those extensions;

What Should We Pay Attention to When Choosing a Domain Name Extension?

First of all, when choosing a domain name, you should prefer popular domain name extensions such as .com .net .org because the extension of your domain name will affect domain name awareness. It will be useful to use the most popular domain name extensions.

• .com: Used in general and commercial matters. It is the name that is searched first on web pages because it is easy to remember.
• .net: Network. It is used in the sense of network and organization.
• .org: Used for organizations.
• .jobs: Prepared for sites that give job and employee advertisements.
• .mil: Military. Reserved for army organizations.
• .mobi: Mobile. Used in creating websites for mobile phones.
• .museum: Reserved for museums.
• .aero: Used by the aviation industry.
• .asia: Domain name for Asian countries.
• .biz: Used in business-related matters.
• .cat: Used on sites related to Catalan language and culture.
• .coop: Used by cooperatives.
• .edu: Can be taken by educational institutions such as universities and colleges.
• .gov: Used by government institutions.
• .info: Information. Used for information sites.
• .int : Reserved for international organizations.
• .pro : professional. Reserved for professionals.
• .tel : Used by communication services.
• .travel : Used for travel agencies and travel services.
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Country Extensions

• .ad Andorra
• .ae United Arab Emirates
• .af Afghanistan
• .ag Antigua and Barbuda
• .ai Anguilla
• .al Albania
• .am Armenia
• .an Netherlands Antilles
• .ao Angola
• .aq Antarctica
• .ar Argentina
• .arpa ArpaNet sites
• .as American Samoa
• .at Austria
• .au Australia
• .aw Aruba
• .az Azerbaijan
• .ba Bosnia/Herzegovinia
• .bb Barbados
• .bd Bangladesh
• .be Belgium
• .bf Burkina Faso
• .bg Bulgaria
• .bh Bahrain
• .bi Burundi
• .bj Benin
• .bm Bermuda
• .bn Brunei Darussalam
• .bo Bolivia
• .br Brazil
• .bs Bahamas
• .bt Bhutan
• .bv Bouvet Island
• .bw Botswana
• .by Belarus
• .bz Belize
• .ca Canada
• .cc Cocos Islands - Keelings
• .cf Central African Republic
• .cg Congo
• .ch Switzerland
• .ci Cote DoIvoire
• .ck Cook Islands
• .cl Chile
• .cm Cameroon
• .cn China
• .co Colombia 
• .cr Costa Rica
• .cs Czechoslovakia
• .cu Cuba
• .cv Cape Verde
• .cx Christmas Island
• .cy Cyprus
• .cz Czech Republic
• .de Germany
• .dj Djibouti
• .dk Denmark
• .dm Dominica
• .do Dominican Republic
• .dz Algeria
• .ec Ecuador
• .ee Estonia
• .eg Egypt
• .eh Western Sahara
• .er Eritrea
• .es Spain
• .et Ethiopia
• .fi Finland
• .fj Fiji
• .fk Falkland Islands/Malvinas
• .fm Micronesia
• .fo Faroe Islands
• .fr France
• .fx Metropolitan France
• .ga Gabon
• .gb Great Britain
• .gd Grenada
• .ge Georgia
• .gf French Guiana
• .gh Ghana
• .gi Gibraltar
• .gl Greenland
• .gm Gambia
• .gn Guinea
• .gp Guadeloupe
• .gq Equatorial Guinea
• .gr Greece
• .gs South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
• .gt Guatemala
• .gu Guam
• .gw Guinea-Bissau
• .gy Guyana
• .hk Hong Kong
• .hm Heard and McDonald Islands
• .hn Honduras
• .hr Croatia/Hrvatska
• .ht Haiti
• .hu Hungary
• .id Indonesia
• .ie Ireland
• .il Israel
• .in India
• .io British Indian Ocean Territory
• .iq Irak
• .ir Iran
• .is Iceland
• .it Italy
• .jm Jamaica
• .jo Jordan
• .jp Japan
• .ke Kenya
• .kg Kyrgyzstan
• .kh Cambodia
• .ki Kiribati
• .km Comoros
• .kn Saint Kitts and Nevis
• .kp North Korea
• .kr South Korea
• .kw Kuwait
• .ky Cayman Islands
• .kz Kazakhstan
• .la Laos
• .lb Lebanon
• .lc Saint Lucia
• .li Liechtenstein
• .lk Sri Lanka
• .lr Liberia
• .ls Lesotho
• .lt Lithuania
• .lu Luxembourg
• .lv Latvia
• .ly Libya
• .ma Morocco
• .mc Monaco
• .md Moldova
• .mg Madagascar
• .mh Marshall Islands
• .mk Macedonia
• .ml Mali
• .mm Myanmar
• .mn Mongolia
• .mo Macau
• .mp Northern Mariana Islands
• .mq Martinique
• .mr Mauritania
• .ms Montserrat
• .mt Malta
• .mu Mauritius
• .mv Maldives
• .mw Malawi
• .mx Mexico
• .my Malaysia
• .mz Mozambique
• .na Namibia
• .nato North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• .nc New Caledonia
• .ne Niger
• .nf Norfolk Island
• .ng Nigeria
• .ni Nicaragua
• .nl Netherlands
• .no Norway
• .np Nepal
• .nr Nauru
• .nt Neutral Zone
• .nu Niue
• .nz New Zealand (Aotearoa)
• .om Oman
• .pa Panama
• .pe Peru
• .pf French Polynesia
• .pg Papua New Guinea
• .ph Philippines
• .pk Pakistan
• .pl Poland
• .pm St. Pierre and Miquelon
• .pn Pitcairn
• .pr Puerto Rico
• .pt Portugal
• .pw Palau
• .py Paraguay
• .qa Qatar
• .re Reunion
• .ro Romania
• .ru Russian Federation
• .rw Rwanda
• .sa Saudi Arabia
• .sb Solomon Islands
• .sc Seychelles
• .sd Sudan
• .se Sweden
• .sg Singapore
• .sh Saint Helena
• .si Slovenia
• .sj Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
• .sk Slovakia
• .sl Sierra Leone
• .sm San Marino
• .sn Senegal
• .so Somalia
• .sr Suriname
• .st Sao Torme and Principe
• .su Former USSR
• .sv El Salvador
• .sy Syria
• .sz Swaziland
• .tc Turks and Caicos Islands
• .td Chad
• .tf French Southern Territory
• .tg Togo
• .th Thailand
• .tj Tajikistan
• .tk Tokelau
• .tm Turkmenistan
• .tn Tunisia
• .to Tonga
• .tp East Timor
• .tr Turkey
• .tt Trinidad and Tobago
• .tv Tuvalu
• .tw Taiwan
• .tz Tanzania
• .ua Ukraine
• .ug Uganda
• .uk United Kingdom
• .um U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
• .us United States
• .uy Uruguay
• .uz Uzbekistan
• .va Vatican City State
• .vc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• .ve Venezuela
• .vg British Virgin Islands
• .vi U.S. Virgin Islands
• .vn Viet Nam
• .vu Vanuatu
• .wf Wallis and Futuna Islands
• .ws Samoa
• .ye Yemen
• .yt Mayotte
• .yu Yugoslavia
• .za South Africa
• .zm Zambia
• .zr Zaire
• .zw Zimbabwe