Editing Country code top-level domain (section)

==Unconventional usage==
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Lenient registration restrictions on certain ccTLDs have resulted in various [[domain hack]]s. Domain names such as <code>I.am</code>, <code>tip.it</code>, <code>start.at</code> and <code>go.to</code> form well-known English phrases, whereas others combine the [[second-level domain]] and ccTLD to form one word or one title, creating domains such as <code>[[blo.gs]]</code> of [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]] (<code>[[.gs|gs]]</code>), <code>[[YouTube|youtu.be]]</code> of [[Belgium]] (<code>[[.be|be]]</code>), <code>[[Delicious (website)|del.icio.us]]</code> of the [[United States]] (<code>[[.us|us]]</code>), and <code>[[cr.yp.to]]</code> of [[Tonga]] (<code>[[.to|to]]</code>). The <code>.co</code> domain of Colombia has been cited since 2010 as a potential competitor to generic TLDs for commercial use, because it may be an abbreviation for ''company''.<ref name="unique">{{cite web|title=General .CO FAQs: What makes .CO such a unique opportunity?|publisher=.CO Internet S.A.S.|place=Colombia|website=cointernet.co|url=https://www.cointernet.com.co/preguntas-frecuentes|access-date=2013-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311222155/https://www.cointernet.com.co/preguntas-frecuentes/|archive-date=2019-03-11|url-status=live|language=es}}</ref>

Several ccTLDs allow the creation of [[emoji domain]]s.

Some ccTLDs may also be used for [[typosquatting]]. The domain ''cm'' of [[Cameroon]] has generated interest due to the possibility that people might miss typing the letter ''o'' for sites in the ''com''.<ref>
{{cite news|title=The man who owns the Internet|website=[[CNN Money]]|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=2007-06-01|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050989/index.htm|access-date=2010-11-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113134307/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050989/index.htm|archive-date=2010-11-13|language=en}}</ref>

===Commercial use===
Some of the world's smallest countries and non-sovereign or colonial entities with their own country codes have opened their TLDs for worldwide commercial use, some of them free like [[.tk]].