.nu

See also: NAKED

.nu is the national Domaine of first level (country code signal level domain: ccTLD ) assigned in the island of Niué.

As opposed to what could let think the size of the island, one of the territories isolated in the world, it is one of the most used national fields Internet.

Indeed, shortly after its launching in 1997, it meets one big hit in the whole world because of access of the similarity of pronunciation with new , new in English. Success continues then in Belgium, with the Netherlands, the Denmark and more still in Sweden, naked pronounced in the local languages meaning now . Many commercial sites use the .nu then, even if in Sweden the .se preserves a more serious image. Today only a negligible part of the sites in .nu has a bond with the island of Niué.

The recording of the sites in .nu became an important resource for the small territory of hardly 2.200 inhabitants, even if the basket should be dried up in the years to come because the fields having the most commercial potential for the majority are already allotted.

See too

List of Internet TLD

External bonds

Article on Niue and the management of domain name in .nu

Be-X-old: .nu

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