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.ag

Introduced	3 September 1991
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	NicAg
Sponsor	None
Intended use	Entities connected with   Antigua and Barbuda
Actual use	Sees some use, most of which is unrelated to Antigua and Barbuda; used largely by companies in German-speaking countries where AG has a special meaning in company names, though its use in Germany is restricted by court order
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Names can be registered directly at the second level ; third-level registrations are also available under some second-level labels
Documents	Registration terms and conditions
Dispute policies	UDRP
DNSSEC	Yes
Registry website	Nic.ag

.ag is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD ) for Antigua and Barbuda .

Second and third level registrations [ edit ]

Registrations can be made at the second level directly beneath .ag, or at the third level beneath:

• .com.ag or .co.ag (intended for commercial entities)
• .org.ag (intended for organisations, especially nonprofits)
• .net.ag (intended for network operators/providers)
• .nom.ag (intended for individuals)

There are no restrictions on who can register.

Domain hacks [ edit ]

In addition to its original intended use as a country code, the .ag domain has been marketed for use for agriculture-related sites , and for sites referencing the atomic symbol for silver , Ag . It also has a potential use for other domain hacks for English words that end in -ag. The Heritage Foundation uses .ag for URL shortening (herit.ag). ^[1]

".ag" used to mean " Aktiengesellschaft " [ edit ]

Aktiengesellschaft , abbreviated AG, is a German term that refers to a corporation that is limited by shares , i.e. owned by shareholders , and may be traded on a stock market . The term is used in Germany , Austria , and Switzerland , but not Liechtenstein or Luxembourg .

Legal status of .ag in Germany [ edit ]

A German court ( 5. Zivilsenat des Oberlandesgerichtes Hamburg ) ruled in July 2004 that a .ag domain may only be registered by an Aktiengesellschaft , and then only by an AG that has the same name as the domain. For example, a company with shareholders in Germany having the name X AG may not register as y.ag. ^{[2] [3]}

Use in Greenland [ edit ]

Sermitsiaq uses the TLD.

See also [ edit ]

• Internet in Antigua and Barbuda

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• List of .AG Registrars Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
• IANA .ag whois information

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