Cook Islands business domains

Google has a localised presence in most countries around the world.

Yesterday, while looking at the extent of their dominance, I noticed that one of the places they do have a localised presence is in the Cook Islands, in the heart of the Pacific.

So what, you might say?

Well, you might know that the country code and therefore the top level domain for the Cook Islands is “ck”. The interesting thing is that the business second level domain for the Cook Islands is “co”.

Humorous combination, don’t you think? If you’re not sure what I’m on about or what I’m smoking, try this Netcraft domain search and you’ll get several hundred domains. I’ve compiled a list of the more amusing ones:

• absolut.co.ck
• andersons.co.ck
• auntynoos.co.ck
• backpackers.co.ck
• beach.co.ck
• bottlers.co.ck
• budget.co.ck
• clarkes.co.ck
• computerman.co.ck
• cooks.co.ck
• daydreamer.co.ck
• discovery.co.ck
• home.co.ck
• lagoon.co.ck
• palm.co.ck
• philips.co.ck
• sams.co.ck
• squash.co.ck
• sterling.co.ck
• stop.co.ck

Now, it looks like the registry laws in the Cook Islands obviously don’t permit verbs and adjectives for business subdomains otherwise the porn industry would have surely cottoned on by now.

Posted in Business, Marketing, Web by Ivan