I can’t help but wonder why @govtnz has it’s domain govt.nz instead just Gov.nz like other government websites. What’s behind that extra T
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Thanks for the mention, cheers
Govt.nz has been a registered domain for over 30 years, fair enough to keep as is but I think Gov.nz should at least redirect to Govt.nz
It's possible that you don't understand the .nz hierarchy. We allow domains to be registered at the 2nd level now, but we didn't use to.
I’m aware of .nz TLD - what’s the response like? Are businesses using it instead of .co.nz ?
all the data is here https://dnc.org.nz/node/1563
Hey - cheers Laurence
1/ OMG. It never goes away. Firstly, not everywhere else uses "gov", not even a majority of countries. Mainly the US (and they use the TLD..
Actually - most major English speaking governments shorten it to Gov instead of Govt! Not particularly referring as a TLD
Gov.uk , gov.in , gov.au, gov, gov.ie .. and of course .gov is the only TLD used by US
5/ a technical term. Thirdly, it's just a name. In France it's .gouv.fr, in Canada it's gc.ca - different countries have different names....
France has gouv.fr because it’s spelt that way in French and ..
Canadian government doesn’t want to confuse users with US websites probably, my point being usually domain names are made to be shorter!
No, domain names are meant to be unique. And Canada does it because gc means government of Canada and gouvernment du Canade equally.
7/7 it is the way it is. I did do a solid amount of numerical analysis on this at the time (2003?) but it would be well out of date now.
Hey, cheers Mark! Thanks very much for all the info
Actually *all* NZ government websites use .govt.nz explanation of history from @nzlemming. Might be a good FAQ for http://www.govt.nz ?
8/7 Oh yes, "govt" is the accepted abbreviation of "government" in former British colonies, which is why it was chosen in the first place.
6/ would be confusion on the face of the earth. Also, the cost of agencies changing their stationery alone would be considerable. That's...
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