.cc
Encyclopedia
.cc is the Internet
country code
top-level domain
(ccTLD) for Cocos (Keeling) Islands
, an Australia
n territory. It is administered by VeriSign
through a subsidiary company eNIC, which promotes it for international registration as "the next .com
"; .cc was originally assigned in October 1997 to eNIC Corporation of Seattle WA by the IANA.
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
also uses the .cc domain, along with .nc.tr.
With the help of SamsDirect Internet, eNIC managed and marketed the top level domain with great success to become the "second largest TLD registry in the United States second only to Verisign" according to Brian Cartmell, founder and CEO of eNIC who testified before the United States Senate in regard to The Governance of the Domain Name System by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
on February 4, 2001. Much of the success of the domain sales came as a direct result of Sams entering into a deal with the largest radio broadcaster in the United States, Clear Channel (CC) Communications
, to advertise and promote the domain on several hundred radio stations over a three month period.
Registration is made directly at second-level.
The .cc domain is preferred by many cycling clubs as well as churches and Christian
organizations as "CC" also happens to be an abbreviation for "Christian Church
" or "Catholic Church." Some open-source/open-hardware projects, e.g. the Arduino
project, use a .cc for their home pages, as "CC" is the abbreviation for "Creative Commons
", whose licenses
are used in the projects. Canadian Club
whiskey have also used .cc domains for marketing purposes.
This company offers two free co.cc subdomains, as well as bulk discounts for ordering as many as 15,000 domain names at a time. These domains have been used by spammers to create spam blogs, or "splogs," often with nonsense names like "extensitiesdiminutal.co.cc" and the like but are all registrants are in fact subject to a terms of service prohibiting standard illegalities.
Step-by-step instructions for registrants on how to use well known hosting services like Blogger, Windows Live, and Google Apps for Nonprofits are included on its homepage.
Due to previously large use by website spammers of sub-domains from co.cc, in July 2011 Google
removed over 11 million .co.cc websites from its search results. This had no impact on other .cc websites and absolutely no impact on legitimate .co.cc websites, indicative of standard 'web cleaning,' for a short time, after which it appeared a logical fallacy of guilt by association and a google offer to appeal to them to consider sites separately.
The abundance of cheap .co.cc domains has also been used by those who sell fake "anti-virus" programs. Yet the .co.cc service performs a valuable enabling, profiling (for marketers) and experimentation function for many registrants and those registrants not abusing the system.
Internet
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country code
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
top-level domain
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
(ccTLD) for Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The Territory of the Cocos Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka....
, an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n territory. It is administered by VeriSign
VeriSign
Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Dulles, Virginia that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc and .tv country-code...
through a subsidiary company eNIC, which promotes it for international registration as "the next .com
.com
The domain name com is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from commercial, indicating its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations...
"; .cc was originally assigned in October 1997 to eNIC Corporation of Seattle WA by the IANA.
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus or North Cyprus , officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus...
also uses the .cc domain, along with .nc.tr.
With the help of SamsDirect Internet, eNIC managed and marketed the top level domain with great success to become the "second largest TLD registry in the United States second only to Verisign" according to Brian Cartmell, founder and CEO of eNIC who testified before the United States Senate in regard to The Governance of the Domain Name System by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
on February 4, 2001. Much of the success of the domain sales came as a direct result of Sams entering into a deal with the largest radio broadcaster in the United States, Clear Channel (CC) Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
, to advertise and promote the domain on several hundred radio stations over a three month period.
Registration is made directly at second-level.
The .cc domain is preferred by many cycling clubs as well as churches and Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
organizations as "CC" also happens to be an abbreviation for "Christian Church
Christian Church
The Christian Church is the assembly or association of followers of Jesus Christ. The Greek term ἐκκλησία that in its appearances in the New Testament is usually translated as "church" basically means "assembly"...
" or "Catholic Church." Some open-source/open-hardware projects, e.g. the Arduino
Arduino
Arduino is an open-source single-board microcontroller, descendant of the open-source Wiring platform, designed to make the process of using electronics in multidisciplinary projects more accessible. The hardware consists of a simple open hardware design for the Arduino board with an Atmel AVR...
project, use a .cc for their home pages, as "CC" is the abbreviation for "Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
", whose licenses
Creative Commons licenses
Creative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. The licenses differ by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution. They were initially released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S...
are used in the projects. Canadian Club
Canadian Club
Canadian Club is a brand of whisky from Canada. Popularly known as C.C., Canadian Club began production in 1858. It was established by Hiram Walker, and was known as Walker’s Club Whiskey. The brand is now produced by Beam Inc..-History:...
whiskey have also used .cc domains for marketing purposes.
co.cc
"co.cc" is not an official hierarchy; it is a domain (co.cc) owned by a company who offers free subdomain redirection services.This company offers two free co.cc subdomains, as well as bulk discounts for ordering as many as 15,000 domain names at a time. These domains have been used by spammers to create spam blogs, or "splogs," often with nonsense names like "extensitiesdiminutal.co.cc" and the like but are all registrants are in fact subject to a terms of service prohibiting standard illegalities.
Step-by-step instructions for registrants on how to use well known hosting services like Blogger, Windows Live, and Google Apps for Nonprofits are included on its homepage.
Due to previously large use by website spammers of sub-domains from co.cc, in July 2011 Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
removed over 11 million .co.cc websites from its search results. This had no impact on other .cc websites and absolutely no impact on legitimate .co.cc websites, indicative of standard 'web cleaning,' for a short time, after which it appeared a logical fallacy of guilt by association and a google offer to appeal to them to consider sites separately.
The abundance of cheap .co.cc domains has also been used by those who sell fake "anti-virus" programs. Yet the .co.cc service performs a valuable enabling, profiling (for marketers) and experimentation function for many registrants and those registrants not abusing the system.