.ar
| Top-level domain .ar | |
|---|---|
| introduction | September 23, 1987 |
| category | country-specific |
| Registry | NIC Argentina |
| Award | Argentine postal address required |
| number | NA million |
.ar is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Argentina . It was introduced on September 23, 1987 , making it one of the oldest addresses at all. It was officially delegated to the so-called Secretaría Legal y Técnica (German, for example, Ministry of Technology ), but operations are handled by the NIC Argentina .
properties
To register an .ar domain, you do not need to have a place of residence or a branch in the country, but both the owner and the administrative contact person must have an Argentine postal address for communication with the registry. Therefore, foreigners almost always have to rely on a trustee to register an .ar domain. In total, an .ar domain can only be between three and 19 characters long, which is very short compared to other ccTLDs. Initially only alphanumeric characters could be used, but since September 2008 internationalized domain names with characters from Spanish and Portuguese have also been supported.
In contrast to other top-level domains, .ar has a special restriction: Each natural or legal person may have a maximum of 200 .com.ar or .org.ar domains. On the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the registry tries to control the trade in .ar domains and prevent abuse.
Subdomains
For a number of years .ar domains have been assigned exclusively as third-level domains . (Some addresses directly below .ar still exist and enjoy grandfathering.) On the second level, there are numerous areas that are aimed at certain interested parties or are even expressly reserved for them:
- .com.ar for general use
- .edu.ar for educational institutions
- .gov.ar for the Argentine government
- .int.ar for international companies
- .mil.ar for the Argentine military
- .net.ar for Internet service providers
- .org.ar for non-profit organizations
- .tur.ar for companies in the tourism industry
The second-level domain .banco.ar was added last in August 2009 . It goes back to an initiative of the Argentine government and the country's banks, which want to increase security in electronic banking and in particular to prevent phishing . Registration of such domains is only permitted for officially approved credit institutions .
meaning
The top-level domain has shown continuous growth in recent years: since 2005 it has been one of the ten most popular country-specific domains, after .br and, for example, before .it . .Ar was able to maintain this position in the following years, even during the economic crisis and the associated collapse of the domain market in 2009, the number of .ar addresses increased.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Registered .ar domains. In: Domains.info. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015 ; accessed on April 27, 2015 (current .ar domain number).
- ↑ Delegation Record for .AR. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, accessed August 13, 2013 .
- ↑ .ar domain. united-domains , accessed on August 13, 2013 ("Features" tab).
- ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: News from .eu, .ar and .tel. In: domain-right. September 24, 2008, accessed on August 13, 2013 : "As part of the introduction of internationalized domain names (IDNs), numerous special characters with characteristic Spanish and Portuguese letters will soon be available for Argentine .ar domains."
- ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: News from .cm, .ar and .nyc. In: domain-right. June 9, 2009, accessed on August 13, 2013 : “Nic.ar, the registry of the Argentine country code top level domain .ar, will severely restrict trade in .ar domains. Apparently due to an instruction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nic.ar limits the maximum number of .com.ar and .org.ar domains per person to 200. "
- ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: News from .radio, .ar. And .pk. In: domain-right. August 5, 2009, accessed on August 13, 2013 : “While there is still speculation about the introduction of a banking domain .bank, the Argentine government is creating facts. Together with the country’s banks, an agreement has been reached on the introduction of the .banco.ar domain extension. "
- ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: 76.9 million domains worldwide. In: domain-right. June 22, 2005, accessed December 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Almost 210 million domains worldwide. In: domain-right. June 2, 2011, accessed December 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Domain growth slowed down. In: domain-right. September 28, 2009, accessed December 17, 2013 .