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dot edu? good or still unsure

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  • 01-07-2008 4:40pm
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    rcly123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭


    Question on the dot edu domain from someone fairly new to registering domains.

    If thinking of setting up an education based web-site as a dot edu, would you think it

    a) very worth while
    b) maybe worth while
    c) just register the .com

    ?

    Is it something which _should_ become standard, or do we think it's more an ideal than an actuality?


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    #2
    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    http://net.educause.edu/edudomain/show_faq.asp?code=EDUELIGIBILITY

    You're unlikely to be able to get a .edu domain name.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    You are extremely unlikely to qualify for a .edu domain

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    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    Thirded.

    Getting a .edu domain is about as easy to get as it is to win the lotto.
    Ironically enough, even if you are an educational institution, it's still very hard to qualify.


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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Wow, that's strict. Sounds like there should be be a .edu.us TLD
    As specified by the Department of Commerce, only postsecondary "US institutions" that are institutionally accredited by one of the agencies on the U.S. Department of Education’s list of Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies may apply for new names in the .edu domain. We thus require applicants to be located within the United States (including US territories and possessions); or to be licensed, chartered, or incorporated within the United States (including US territories and possessions); or to be otherwise officially recognized by a US state or federal government agency (including US territories and possessions).

    If you are not located within the United States but believe you meet one of the other qualifications as a US institution AND are institutionally accredited by one of the Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies we recognize, please contact edu@educause.edu.

    As specified by the Department of Commerce, only postsecondary "US institutions" that are institutionally accredited by one of the agencies on the U.S. Department of Education’s list of Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies may apply for new names in the .edu domain. We thus require applicants to be located within the United States (including US territories and possessions); or to be licensed, chartered, or incorporated within the United States (including US territories and possessions); or to be otherwise officially recognized by a US state or federal government agency (including US territories and possessions).

    If you are not located within the United States but believe you meet one of the other qualifications as a US institution AND are institutionally accredited by one of the Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies we recognize, please contact edu@educause.edu.


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