| .ag | |
| Background: |
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| Introduced: | 3 September 1991 |
| Type: | Country code top-level domain |
| Status: | Active |
| Registry: | NicAg |
| Sponsor: | None |
| Actualuse: | 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 |
| Restrictions: | None |
| Structure: | Names can be registered directly at the second level; third-level registrations are also available under some second-level labels |
| Document: | Registration terms and conditions |
| Disputepolicy: | UDRP |
| Website: | Nic.ag |
| Dnssec: | Yes |
.ag is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Antigua and Barbuda.
Registrations can be made at the second level directly beneath .ag, or at the third level beneath:
There are no restrictions on who can register.
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]
, 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.
A German court (5. Zivilsenat des Oberlandesgerichtes Hamburg) ruled in July 2004 that a .ag domain may only be registered by an, 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]
Sermitsiaq uses the TLD.