[LINK] .co

[Roger Clarke]

My antennae aren't what they used to be.

I just mis-typed in my browser entry-window

             <domainname>.co

instead of

             <domainname>.com

Up bobbed a placeholder-page.

Eh??  I said to myself.

I'd missed this paricular development:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain#Unconventional_usage
>The .co domain of Colombia has generated significant interest as a 
>potential competitor to generic TLDs for commercial use given its 
>possible use as the abbreviation for the word "company".[6] In June 
>and July 2010 .co was opened for public registrations.

[But it's only fair that .co be reserved for drug cartels, right?]


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