.co (second-level domain) current manager, Neustar, markets it to global markets as an alternative to .com, or as a "generic country code top level domain" gccTLD. .co (second-level domain) In a number of countries, .co is used as a second-level domain to mean "commercial" and domain registrants register second-level domains of the form .co.xx, where xx is the country code top level domain (e.g., .co.uk in the U.K. and .co.jp in Japan). Some of the countries using .co as a second-level domain include: Barbados (.bb), Cook Islands (.ck), Costa Rica (.cr), India (.in), Indonesia (.id), Israel (.il), Japan (.jp), New Zealand (.nz), South
Generic top-level domain Four Media also runs the third worst registry - .loan – with 59 per cent bad domains and a 6.22 index. The new generic top level domain (gTLD) application system opened on January 12, 2012. The application window was initially to close on April 12, 2012. However ICANN's Chief Operating Officer, Akram Atallah, stated there was a glitch in the TLD application system leaving applicants' information visible to others. The system was shut down to protect applicants' information, and measures were taken to resolve the situation. ICANN re-opened the TLD Application System on May 21, allowing applicants to submit and