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Oh the Shame of Canada's Globe and Mail
Canada's Globe and Mail has what can only be described as a silly article on why many Canadians register a .com address rather than a .ca address. Yes, sure .ca is 17th in the global rankings for domain names, but like it or not, CIRA, the .ca registry, has a Canadian presence requirement that means not any Tom, Dick or Harriet from anywhere in the world can register a domain name. Sure, this means total domain registrations will be lower.
Canada's Globe and Mail has what can only be described as a silly
article on why many Canadians register a .com address rather than a .ca
address. Yes, sure .ca is 17th in the global rankings for domain names,
but like it or not, CIRA, the .ca registry, has a Canadian presence
requirement that means not any Tom, Dick or Harriet from anywhere in
the world can register a domain name. Sure, this means total domain
registrations will be lower.
And Canada is just, well, across the border and just like Canadians love big American cars, it seems going by the tone of this article, they also love its generic TLD of .com.
And it's not only Canadians who are urged buy a .com domain name. Registrants are often urged to get a .com name as it will rank higher in a search engine and you get the more internet users typing in a domain name.
Anyway, it's not a cultural cringe that leads to many Canadians buying a .com name, it just makes sense sometimes. And sometimes old habits die hard. I don't know, but maybe .ca names had more restrictions on them in times past, making it easier to buy a .com name. And maybe .ca names were once more expensive.
Anyway, if you must read this cringe making article in The Globe and Mail, see www.theglobeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080501.wgtwebseven0501/BNStory/Technology/home. But don't tell anyone you did!
And Canada is just, well, across the border and just like Canadians love big American cars, it seems going by the tone of this article, they also love its generic TLD of .com.
And it's not only Canadians who are urged buy a .com domain name. Registrants are often urged to get a .com name as it will rank higher in a search engine and you get the more internet users typing in a domain name.
Anyway, it's not a cultural cringe that leads to many Canadians buying a .com name, it just makes sense sometimes. And sometimes old habits die hard. I don't know, but maybe .ca names had more restrictions on them in times past, making it easier to buy a .com name. And maybe .ca names were once more expensive.
Anyway, if you must read this cringe making article in The Globe and Mail, see www.theglobeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080501.wgtwebseven0501/BNStory/Technology/home. But don't tell anyone you did!