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Why com.com?

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by just_chilin

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Does anybody know why every time someone goes to any of CNet's websites they get redirected to a *.com.com site?
e.g
techrepublic.com ->techrepublic.com.com
news.com -> news.com.com
builder.com -> builder.com.com

Is it a design flaw?

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by bfilmfan

Host Master
(NIC-1500677)
CNET Networks, Inc
235 Second Street San Francisco
CA
94105 US
hostmaster@cnet.com

Ain't Registration records great?

By the way, says they are using an Apache server too!

by stress junkie

Anybody can ask the right people and get an answer. That's not the way I roll. I prefer to grumble and make vague criticisms in an obscure discussion. That's my way.

:D

by jaqui

the base domain they use is com.com
Techrepublic is a sub domian, as is builder, zdnet, cnet.. all second level domains.

by stress junkie

Why have an umbrella class B address to cover all of those businesses? Why not let each business have its own class B domain? And why choose "com" as the class B umbrella domain name? If you're going to have an umbrella domain why make it so generic? That's what makes it a really dumb idea. Why isn't the umbrella domain name more applicable to the corporation(s)? And why do fools fall in love? :D

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