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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by OJFord on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:28PM (#36836868)
Isn't it just that .gov is the US one? Like .com vs. .co.uk (though since it's not actually important that's blurred) or .org vs. .org.uk.

Or .edu vs. .ac.uk; .mil vs. .mod.uk.

They got there first and just spread over TLDs before consigning other nations to fit under one I suppose.

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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by sigmoid10 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:39PM (#36836986)
.com, .org and nearly all original TLDs are used internationally, though there are also local derivatives like co.uk. Even .edu used to be available internationally. I suppose most people have realized by now that .gov is strictly US, but it's not like that was obvious from the naming scheme alone.
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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by newshackr on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:31PM (#36836889)
I was under the impression that the US government controls / owns .gov
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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by OJFord on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:38PM (#36836983)
Yes exactly. So there's no need to use gov.us, but there isn't a 'ukgov' TLD, so gov.uk makes sense.
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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by umanwizard on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:36PM (#36836955)
Yes, exactly. .gov is US-specific and controlled by the US government.
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