Country Code TLD Guide
Complete guide to country code TLDs: .de, .uk, .jp, .cn, Pacific islands, and how ccTLDs become global brands.
For: International businesses and domain buyers
Country Code TLDs: The Complete Guide
Everything you need to know about country code TLDs: how they work, who controls them, registration rules, and why 250+ ccTLDs power the global web.
6 min readEuropean ccTLDs: .de, .uk, .fr, .nl, .it
A deep dive into Europe's five biggest ccTLDs: .de, .uk, .fr, .nl, and .it — their registries, rules, market sizes, and what makes each unique.
6 min readAsian ccTLDs: .jp, .cn, .kr, .in, .th
Explore Asia's major ccTLDs: .jp, .cn, .kr, .in, and .th — their registries, restrictions, market sizes, and business registration requirements.
6 min read.co.uk vs .uk: Which Should You Choose?
Should you choose .co.uk or .uk for your British website? Compare history, trust signals, SEO impact, and availability for the two UK domain options.
5 min read.de: Germany's Massive Domain Market
Why .de has 17 million registrations, how DENIC operates Europe's largest ccTLD, and what businesses need to know before registering a German domain.
6 min read.cn: Navigating China's Controlled Domain Space
Everything about .cn domains: CNNIC registration process, ICP filing requirements, content restrictions, and whether .cn is the right choice for your China strategy.
6 min readPacific Island ccTLDs: .tv, .ws, .to, .nu
How Pacific island nations turned their two-letter country codes into global domain brands: .tv for streaming, .ws for websites, .to for links, .nu for Scandinavian markets.
5 min readAfrican ccTLDs: Opportunities and Challenges
Explore Africa's 54 ccTLDs: the continent's fast-growing digital economy, registration challenges, standout markets like .ng and .za, and what the future holds.
5 min readCaribbean ccTLDs: .ai, .vc, .ky, .vg
Caribbean ccTLDs like .ai (Anguilla), .vc (St. Vincent), .ky (Cayman Islands), and .vg (British Virgin Islands) have become global tech and finance domain brands.
4 min readHow ccTLDs Become Global Brands
The story of how .io, .ai, .co, .tv, and others transformed from geographic identifiers into global industry brands — and what drives these ccTLD metamorphoses.
6 min readccTLD Registration Restrictions: Open vs Closed
The spectrum of ccTLD registration restrictions: from fully open .io and .co to tightly closed .de and .cn — and what it means for international domain strategy.
5 min readccTLD SEO: International Targeting Implications
How ccTLDs affect international SEO: country targeting signals, hreflang implementation, ccTLD vs subdirectory debate, and Google's treatment of geographic extensions.
5 min readIDN ccTLDs: Non-Latin Script Country Domains
IDN ccTLDs bring country codes to Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, and Devanagari scripts — enabling truly native-language domain names for billions of internet users worldwide.
5 min readControversial ccTLDs: .su, .ps, .tw, .eh
Some ccTLDs reflect the world's most contested political questions: .su for the dissolved USSR, .ps for Palestinian territories, .tw for Taiwan, and .eh for Western Sahara.
6 min readccTLD vs gTLD for International Business
Should your international business use country code TLDs or a single global gTLD? A comprehensive framework comparing ccTLD and gTLD strategies for global web presence.
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