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What are the .US domains for?

by smolodoy
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Hi everyone, I was wondering if its ok to use .US domain for your sites or is it just for government sites? thank you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Gregory
    They are not a government extension and they are fine to use on your sites. In fact in some cases a .us can be very effective especially if your target audience is in the US. One example I can think of off the top of my head is the term football. If you had football.us it would make sense that someone would assume it to be a site about American Football, whereas as football in most other countries is what some here in the US consider soccer.
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    • Profile picture of the author smolodoy
      thanks.. so there isn't really any difference between .com and .us, its just most of the domains with .com is taken.. thanks..
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      • Profile picture of the author Boris_yo
        .US domains are not allowed for international users. If you reside in USA, then you are allowed to register .US domains. For more information click here
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Goodwin
    Originally Posted by smolodoy View Post

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if its ok to use .US domain for your sites or is it just for government sites? thank you!
    Having a .us extension opens up some cool websites, like:

    hippopotam.us
    moment.us
    hilario.us
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      That's pretty good!
      I am ROTFLMAO!
      I guess in between "discussions," we can have a good laugh, eh?

      You forgot:
      del.icio.us

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  • Profile picture of the author chattervine
    personally it is for gov in us..
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonmorgan
    Nope. gov already has .gov
    Damn skippy! Those other countries can suck it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom Goodwin
      Originally Posted by jasonmorgan View Post

      Damn skippy! Those other countries can suck it.
      See, I knew there would be a day that our nuclear arsenal would be helpful.

      Other countries can have their:

      gov.tw
      gov.cn
      gov.br

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  • Profile picture of the author ahlexis
    .US domains actually did start out only belonging to government sites. But then it was opened up and allowed for US businesses to purchase .US domains at some point after the government agencies all made sure they got the sites they wanted.

    But there was the condition required that the business and/or person had to be in the US.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom Goodwin
      Originally Posted by ahlexis View Post

      .US domains actually did start out only belonging to government sites. But then it was opened up and allowed for US businesses to purchase .US domains at some point after the government agencies all made sure they got the sites they wanted.

      But there was the condition required that the business and/or person had to be in the US.
      I'm pretty sure the domains are not just for businesses.
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