.co
.co is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Colombia.
| Introduced | December 24, 1991 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | .CO Internet S.A.S. |
| Sponsor | .CO Internet S.A.S. |
| Intended use | Second-level domains (widgets.co) and country-code second-level domain names (ccSLDs) are intended for global use:
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| Actual use | Also widely used in Colombia. Sometimes used in typosquatting due to misspellings of .com domains |
| Registered domains | 2,018,450 (2016) |
| Registration restrictions | None |
| Structure | Top-level registration now permitted. |
| Documents | Launch and Registration Rules (in English) Registration policies |
| Dispute policies | UDRP |
| DNSSEC | yes |
| Registry website | www www |
It is administered by .CO Internet S.A.S., a subsidiary of Neustar since 2014. As of July 10, 2010, there were no registration restrictions on second-level .co domains; any individual or entity in the world can register a .co domain.
.CO Internet S.A.S from Bogotá, Colombia, was appointed as the manager for the .co TLD through a public procurement process that took place in early 2009. .CO Internet received the re-delegation approval as the manager of the .co TLD by ICANN on December 9, 2009, and received formal confirmation of the request by the United States Department of Commerce on December 23, 2009.
Google treats .co as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see [the domain] as being more generic than country-targeted."