<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Further to this discussion, below is a Nominet news release from earlier this year that's particular relevant. While it's for .uk, there's no reason for it to be wildly different to other countries/ccTLDs with the exception of the USA:<br>British Internet users are six times more likely to choose a .uk rather than .com address when looking for information via an Internet search engine.<br><br>The online survey of 2,324 Internet users, which was carried out by YouGov, also found that 62% believe a .uk address suggests a company is local or more relevant than a .com, and a third (32%) believe that it is important for international companies to have local domain names in order to attract local customers.<br><br><span>When asked about searching for a particular company on the Internet, 72% said they would
visit a British web address above any other. So, if searching for Amazon, 72% would try <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk">www.amazon.co.uk</a> before <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com">www.amazon.com</a>. Only 5% of respondents would try the .com option first.</span><br><br>“The findings show that British Internet users are loyal to local websites and have higher levels of trust for the .uk domain name,” says Lesley Cowley, Chief Executive at Nominet.<br><br>“It’s clear that the trust issue is one of increasing importance to the Internet industry, as well as Internet users.”<br><div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><span>See <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAssets/20876_.uk_over_.com_Feb_07.pdf">http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAssets/20876_.uk_over_.com_Feb_07.pdf</a> for the news release online.</span><br><br>Regards<br>David<br><br><div
style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@internatif.org><br>To: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br>Cc: governance@lists.cpsr.org; kwasi boakye-akyeampong <kboakye1@yahoo.co.uk><br>Sent: Tuesday, 7 August, 2007 6:16:49 PM<br>Subject: [governance] Re: ccTLDs and developing countries<br><br><div>On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 08:02:12AM +0300,<br> Shakespeare wrote:<br><br>> What's in a name? that which we call a rose<br>> By any other name would smell as sweet;<br><br>For the ordinary end-user, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nic.gh">www.nic.gh</a> or <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ghana.com">www.ghana.com</a> are indeed<br>equivalent and provide the same experience (although <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ghana.com">www.ghana.com</a><br>will resolve
faster because all the name servers work).<br><br>But for the registrant, as Phil explained well, it is *not* the same<br>thing to be subject to the laws of California (ICANNland, USA),<br>Virginia (Verisignland, USA) or of his own country!<br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>To be removed from the list, send any message to:<br> governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org<br><br>For all list information and functions, see:<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a><br></div></div><br></div></div></div><br>
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