On the Internet, .cc is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory. It is administered by a United States company, VeriSign, through a subsidiary company, eNIC, which promotes it for international registration as "the next .com". The .cc domain was originally assigned to eNIC in October 1997 by the IANA; eNIC manages the TLD alongside SamsDirect Internet.[1]
The TLD is preferred by many cricket and cycling clubs, as well as churches and Christian organizations, since "CC" can be an abbreviation for "Christian Church" or "Catholic Church". Some open-source/open-hardware projects, such as the Arduino project, use a .cc for their home pages, since "CC" is also the abbreviation for "Creative Commons", whose licenses are used in the projects. Business owners in Southern Massachusetts are rapidly adopting Cape Cod CC domains for local identity. Canadian Club whiskey has also used .cc domains for marketing purposes.[citation needed] It is also used for some community colleges, though other domains, such as .edu, are more popular.
.cc, .com, .pw, and .tk domain names account for 75% of all malicious domain registrations.[3]
Second level domainsedit
gov.cu.cc, com.cc, net.cc, edu.cc, org.ccedit
A number of second-level domain names are also maintained by CoCCA, including "com.cc", "net.cc", "edu.cc", and "org.cc".
cc.cc, co.cc, cu.cc, cz.ccedit
These are not official hierarchies of .cc, but domains owned by companies who offer free subdomain registration.
co.ccedit
The co.cc URL has been known to host spammers, who create spam blogs, or "splogs", often with nonsense names. Due to such spamming, in July 2011 Google removed over 11 million .co.cc websites from its search results. Legitimate sites (per Google's Webmaster Guidelines) on the .co.cc subdomain could send a reconsideration request to Google to have their specific site excluded from the ban.[4][5][6][7]
From 2012 to 2014, the co.cc website and name servers were not online. There was no formal statement by the company, but they did stop accepting new registrations some time before they closed.[9]
In 2018, co.cc was listed for sale for US$500,000.00.[10] As of 2019, co.cc is registered to and in use by another entity.[11]
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For information about various licenses see Creative Commons For the source code file extension cc see C This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources cc news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed May 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message On the Internet cc is the country code top level domain ccTLD for the Cocos Keeling Islands an Australian territory It is administered by a United States company VeriSign through a subsidiary company eNIC which promotes it for international registration as the next com The cc domain was originally assigned to eNIC in October 1997 by the IANA eNIC manages the TLD alongside SamsDirect Internet 1 ccIntroduced13 October 1997TLD typeCountry code top level domainStatusActiveRegistryeNIC a VeriSign company SponsorIsland Internet ServicesIntended useEntities connected with Cocos Keeling IslandsActual useVaried site topics few sites relate to the islandsRegistration restrictionsNoneStructureRegistrations permitted at second levelDocumentsRegistration agreementDispute policiesUDRPRegistry websiteVerisign cc RegistryThe Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus also uses the cc domain along with nc tr Google treats cc as a generic top level domain gTLD because users and website owners frequently see the domain as being more generic than country targeted 2 Registration is made directly at second level The TLD is preferred by many cricket and cycling clubs as well as churches and Christian organizations since CC can be an abbreviation for Christian Church or Catholic Church Some open source open hardware projects such as the Arduino project use a cc for their home pages since CC is also the abbreviation for Creative Commons whose licenses are used in the projects Business owners in Southern Massachusetts are rapidly adopting Cape Cod CC domains for local identity Canadian Club whiskey has also used cc domains for marketing purposes citation needed It is also used for some community colleges though other domains such as edu are more popular Contents 1 Issues 2 Second level domains 2 1 gov cu cc com cc net cc edu cc org cc 2 2 cc cc co cc cu cc cz cc 2 2 1 co cc 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksIssues edit cc com pw and tk domain names account for 75 of all malicious domain registrations 3 Second level domains editgov cu cc com cc net cc edu cc org cc edit A number of second level domain names are also maintained by CoCCA including com cc net cc edu cc and org cc cc cc co cc cu cc cz cc edit These are not official hierarchies of cc but domains owned by companies who offer free subdomain registration co cc edit The co cc URL has been known to host spammers who create spam blogs or splogs often with nonsense names Due to such spamming in July 2011 Google removed over 11 million co cc websites from its search results Legitimate sites per Google s Webmaster Guidelines on the co cc subdomain could send a reconsideration request to Google to have their specific site excluded from the ban 4 5 6 7 The abundance of cheap co cc domains had also been used by those who sold fake anti virus programs 8 From 2012 to 2014 the co cc website and name servers were not online There was no formal statement by the company but they did stop accepting new registrations some time before they closed 9 In 2018 co cc was listed for sale for US 500 000 00 10 As of 2019 co cc is registered to and in use by another entity 11 See also edit auReferences edit S Hrg 107 1100 Icann Governance GovInfo gov U S Government Printing Office 14 February 2001 Retrieved 1 July 2023 Managing multi regional and multilingual sites Archived from the original on 5 October 2019 Retrieved 5 October 2019 Judah Jacob 2 November 2023 How a tiny Pacific Island became the global capital of cybercrime MIT Technology Review Massachusetts Institute of Technology Retrieved 10 November 2023 Google dumps all 11 million co cc sites from its results 6 July 2011 Google Delists All CO CC Domains From Index Searchengineland com 1 July 2011 Retrieved 17 June 2012 Google Bans A Complete Subdomain From Index co cc Seroundtable com Retrieved 17 June 2012 Google Discussiegroepen Retrieved 17 June 2012 David Talbot The Perfect Scam Technology Review Archived from the original on 29 January 2012 Retrieved 17 June 2012 Free Registrar co cc Goes the Way of the Dodo 15 November 2012 Retrieved 15 November 2012 This domain name CO CC is for sale Cobra 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