| egister UK Domains? | | | | authority to delegate nameservers for the domain |
| UK Domains are the 1st choice domain for most UK | | | | which they manage. |
| home users and businesses being the 2nd most | | | | So what is the advantage of registering a UK domain |
| popular country code domain. NominetUK is the | | | | name? |
| registry for all UK domain registrations. They manage | | | | Firstly, if you are a business trading in the UK, this |
| over five million domain names, making them the | | | | kind of domain is the 'natural' choice. |
| world's fourth largest Internet registry. | | | | Why?...because it is familiar to the UK public. In |
| NominetUK was not set up and is not constituted to | | | | general customers feel comfortable knowing that the |
| make a profit from its activities. Accordingly its | | | | website from which they are considering making a |
| charges are sufficient only to cover its operating | | | | purchase is based in their country of origin and if this |
| costs. | | | | is the UK then a '.co.uk' ending is the natural choice. |
| But UK domain names are different to the standard | | | | Many UK compaines would also register the .com |
| com, net & org domains having completely | | | | domain in addition to the '.co.uk' and maybe park it on |
| unique system of management Unlike all other types | | | | the same website or create a doorway page to the |
| of domain tld's NominetUK uses a Tag holder system | | | | same site. |
| for domain management | | | | Although the UK domain reassures the the user they |
| A Tag is one word all in capitals. The Tag is displayed | | | | are dealing with a UK company, a dot com domain is |
| within the WHOIS records and uniquely identifies a | | | | the 1st choice for search engine ranking since this |
| registration agent | | | | kind of domain tends to rank higher than any other |
| Tag holders have the authority to register names on | | | | ending (excluding MSN which tends to favour .org |
| behalf their customers. Of course it is possible to | | | | domain names) |
| register a domain direct with NominetUK but this is | | | | So if you are considering a starting-up a website |
| usually a more expensive option as the current rate | | | | trading in the UK as your target market it is wise to |
| is £80 + Tax for 2 years. | | | | register both the '.co.uk' and the .com if they are |
| Tag holders usually provide a discounted rate for | | | | available. |
| domain registrations and renewals and have the | | | | |