.ao
.ao is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Angola. It is administered by the college of engineering of the University of Agostinho Neto.
Introduced | November 15, 1995 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | University of Agostinho Neto (College of Engineering) |
Sponsor | University of Agostinho Neto |
Intended use | Entities connected with |
Actual use | Gets some use in Angola |
Registration restrictions | Limited to registrants within Angola, except for .it.ao domain for international institutions |
Structure | Registrations are at third level beneath second level labels; there appear to also be some direct second-level registrations |
Registry website | Dns.ao |
The registry Web site, as of January 2019, has not been modified since December 2001, and consists of a single page in Portuguese. One of the few links on the page is to a document in Microsoft Word format, in English, which gives registration rules for the domain which may not be up-to-date; they state that registration by entities outside Angola is to be done only in the .it.ao subdomain. The search engine Google seems to be the first .it.ao entity[1] using the subdomain ".it.ao". It also says that registrations are only taken at the third level (when a Google search shows some sites exist at second-level .ao names).
References
- (in French) Google first to use .it.ao : Article of Zorgloob.com about Google Angola.