European domains: Norway (.no)

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Is your domain name working hard enough?

Currently, whether you have registered a .com or a .co.uk domain there are no restrictions if you would like to register both versions of your domain name - and many people do!.

Of course, the choice is all a matter of your preference - .com is often regarded as "International" where the .co.uk domain is deemed to be "UK only", usually it depends on the target market.

Whilst, the .com domain is recognised world wide, it is easier to remember and to type, and there is a whole world full of people who could register it before you do!

If your target is primarily the UK market then registering just the .co.uk domain would seem to be the obvious choice. The .co.uk instantly identifies you as a UK company and often, given a list of URLs in a search engine, people will choose a domain / URL with their country code. Therefore, it follows that if you want to extend your target market then registering your domain with other country-code top-level domains (ccTLD) will expand your target audience.

Registering both .com and .co.uk (and others such as .at, .dk, .es, .eu, .ie, .it, .nz, .se etc) domain names in fact makes very good sense - it stops anyone else from registering your name and leaves it ready for you to use either right away or in the future. Did you know that with Web Forwarding you can have as many domain names as you like pointing to a single website - see Web Forwarding below.

Email Forwarding

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Catch All Email

Simply tell us 'one' address to have all your messages sent to and all of your emails will be forwarded to that address.

Web Forwarding

If you already have a website, start using your domain name without the additional cost of hosting. When a user enters your domain name into their browser, they'll be redirected to your existing website.

You can have many domain names forwarded to a single website.

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Background

Norid runs the .no registry and maintains the database for all Internet domains under .no. It is not possible to apply for a domain name through Norid. So in order to apply for a domain name you have to go through a registrar. The registrar is therefor the link between your organization and Norid. Nordid are responsible for developing the domain name policy for the domain space .no according to the needs of the society and within the framework of the Domain Regulation. Norid have a strong social responsibility since they manage a resource whch is important for most parts of the society.

In order for a Organization to register a domain under the domain ".no" a valid organization number must be shown. This means that your organization number has to be in the "the Brønnøysund Register Centre" also known as Enhetsregisteret. Not only will your organisation have to show a organisation number but you must also provide a paper that shows your Norwegian postal address. An organization can hold up to twenty domains directly within .no. In addition, the organization can register up to 5 domain names under relevant branches, and up to 5 domain names under each geographical area to which the organization has an affiliation.

Since the launch of the .no domain in 1983, the number of domain names under .no has grown rapidly. The number of active domain names reached 100 in 1991. And that number increased tenfold every third year, reaching 1000 in 1995, 10.000 in 1997 and 100.000 in 2001. Today, the growth rate is somewhat lower and in July 2009 the number of domain names directly within the .no domain reached 433.004 on an average 200 domain names gets registered each day.

The following geographical second level domain names (2LD) are available under the domain name

".no".

The diagram below shows the number of domain names with Norwegian subscribers in the largest generic top-level domains compared with the figure for .no. This shows the superiority of the ".no" which makes it a very attractive domain name for organisations and businesses.

• .no 409481

• .com 166367

• .net 44648

• .org 23519

• .info 15642

• .biz 8977

The figures for generic top-level domains are from webhosting.info (November 2008).

In principle, you are free to choose whatever domain name you like. However, there are no possibilities to choose a name which is already in use, or on that part a name which is prohibited or reserved for various reasons. It is your responsibility as an applicant to ensure that the domain name does not contravene the domain name policy.