UK based .co.uk web sites

dogmaryxx

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

One of these would probably be better. Toolbars are a waste of space.

It is on your list


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Sparhawke

Basically put, co.uk lends a great deal of credibility in England to a domain name if you cannot get .com, .net or .org

I could easily register a .us name for instance from anywhere...or .org even if I was not non-profit.

-TangleFoot-

dogmaryxx wrote: »

It is on your list

True, but it's not the only one. I prefer WOT myself.

ckerrd

Sparhawke wrote: »

Basically put, co.uk lends a great deal of credibility in England to a domain name if you cannot get .com, .net or .org

I could easily register a .us name for instance from anywhere...or .org even if I was not non-profit.

I would certainly never go by the co.uk/com/net etc etc to provide credibility.

If that is the case then it is no wonder so many people get scammed

Sparhawke

People should never be took in by a grinning salesman in a suit, yet they do lol

It doesn't matter if they are credible or not...the .com is the same kind of rental space that a flagship Oxford Street store would lend, more so than a back street dump

Researching multiple sites and stores is always in your best interest anything

The whole problem is that domain registration is completely deregulated with no rules as to what you can register, how you can register and where

Bermuda_John

£7 for anyone to get a .com and have it up and running in 10 minutes.

John_Gray

Bermuda_John wrote: »

£7 for anyone to get a .com and have it up and running in 10 minutes.

I see that you are a bit of a .COM Man! :rotfl:

(Apologies - a temptation I could not resist...!)

Radsteral

the information and help you can get on this forum is priceless..and free lol

thankss faevil angel

timmmers

I don't know why the beeb even bother to do these half assed "investigations"...anyone can go to a foreign host and "buy" a package with domain which actually belongs to the host...and will have their details in the Whois ...rendering that useless...or they can use any of dozens of other ways to hide it or lie in there. I remember a spoof site registered by David Blunkett when he was a cabinet minister that had his home address etc in the Whois ...but wasn't exactly saying what he would to say the least.

They would do better at the beeb to simpy explain that it's buyer beware online..so if you want to deal with a UK company, get a real landline and ring them before paying serious money to them...the domain is something confusing to Joe Public already, making them feel safer isn't a great idea based on scant info.

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