.gq is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Equatorial Guinea. Freenom relaunched the TLD on October 1, 2014, and domains became available for free on January 1, 2015.[1][2] Following Freenom's lawsuit with Meta and its settlement in 2024,[3] it is unclear who will take up registration of the domain, as the company announced it would be exiting the domain business.
The .gq domain was launched in July 1997 by GETESA, the nation's prominent internet service provider.[4]
In October 2014, domain company Freenom partnered with GETESA to try a business model which involved giving away .gq domain names for free. Before the public launch, there was a sunrise period to allow trademark holders to register their names. Public domain registration commenced on January 1, 2015.[5]
Abuseedit
Due to the lack of cost required to obtain a .gq domain, the TLD has been prone to usage for spam, phishing and other malicious purposes. A study conducted by internet security company Symantec found that 92% of the top 50 .gq websites were being used for "shady" purposes. Out of all of the websites on a .gq domain that were surveyed by Symantec, a whole 98.94% were being used for malicious purposes.[6]
Referencesedit
^"FREENOM RELAUNCHES THE NATIONAL TOP LEVEL DOMAIN OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA" (PDF). October 1, 2014.
country, code, level, domain, cctld, equatorial, guinea, freenom, relaunched, october, 2014, domains, became, available, free, january, 2015, following, freenom, lawsuit, with, meta, settlement, 2024, unclear, will, take, registration, domain, company, announc. gq is the country code top level domain ccTLD for Equatorial Guinea Freenom relaunched the TLD on October 1 2014 and domains became available for free on January 1 2015 1 2 Following Freenom s lawsuit with Meta and its settlement in 2024 3 it is unclear who will take up registration of the domain as the company announced it would be exiting the domain business gqIntroduced10 July 1997TLD typeCountry code top level domainStatusActiveRegistryGETESASponsorGETESAIntended useEntities connected with Equatorial GuineaActual useSees rare use mostly not in Equatorial Guinea Registration restrictionsFree domains available with some restrictions paid registrations for legal ownership have no activity requirementDocumentsRegistration Agreement free domains Registration Agreement paid domains Dispute policiesUDRP paid domains only Registry websitewww wbr dominio wbr gq The gq registry allows the creation of emoji domain names Contents 1 History 2 Abuse 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe gq domain was launched in July 1997 by GETESA the nation s prominent internet service provider 4 In October 2014 domain company Freenom partnered with GETESA to try a business model which involved giving away gq domain names for free Before the public launch there was a sunrise period to allow trademark holders to register their names Public domain registration commenced on January 1 2015 5 Abuse editDue to the lack of cost required to obtain a gq domain the TLD has been prone to usage for spam phishing and other malicious purposes A study conducted by internet security company Symantec found that 92 of the top 50 gq websites were being used for shady purposes Out of all of the websites on a gq domain that were surveyed by Symantec a whole 98 94 were being used for malicious purposes 6 References edit FREENOM RELAUNCHES THE NATIONAL TOP LEVEL DOMAIN OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA PDF October 1 2014 REGISTRATION OF A DOMAIN December 11 2014 https www freenom com en freenom pressstatement 02122024 v0100 pdf IANA gq Domain Delegation Data www iana org Retrieved 2018 11 15 Freenom Freenom Relaunches The National Top Level Domain Of Equatorial Guinea www prnewswire com Press release Retrieved 2018 11 15 Shady TLDs GQ Not Looking So Dapper Symantec Security Response Archived from the original on June 19 2018 Retrieved 2018 11 15 External links editIANA gq whois information nbsp This Internet domain name article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title gq amp oldid 1221433527, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
