retiolus@lemmy.cat to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy does people use .co.uk and not just .uk?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down16
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minus-squareThe Hobbyist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoI’m surprised google hasn’t bought google.uk and redirect to google.co.uk as it’s a common practice, such as wikipedia.com redirecting to wikipedia.org Maybe it’s cost, but I’m not convinced.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoKinda relevant, I recently discovered that sleazyjet.com redirects to easyJet.com lol. They actually pay for that domain
I’m surprised google hasn’t bought google.uk and redirect to google.co.uk as it’s a common practice, such as wikipedia.com redirecting to wikipedia.org
Maybe it’s cost, but I’m not convinced.
Kinda relevant, I recently discovered that sleazyjet.com redirects to easyJet.com lol. They actually pay for that domain
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