Editing .cc (section)

== Registration ==
Registration is made directly at second-level.

=== Second level domains ===

=== gov.cu.cc, com.cc, net.cc, edu.cc, org.cc===
A number of second-level domain names are also maintained by [[Council of Country Code Administrators|CoCCA]], including "com.cc", "net.cc", "edu.cc", and "org.cc".

===cc.cc, co.cc, cu.cc, cz.cc===
These are not official hierarchies of .cc, but domains held by companies who offer no charge [[subdomain]] registration.

=== co.cc ===
The co.cc URL has been known to host [[spammer]]s, who create [[spam blog]]s, or "splogs", often with nonsense names. 

Due to such spamming, in July 2011 [[Google]] removed over 11 million .co.cc websites from its search results. 

Legitimate sites (per Google's Webmaster Guidelines) on the .co.cc subdomain could send a reconsideration request to Google to have their specific site excluded from the ban.<ref>{{cite news |date=2011-07-06 |title=Google dumps all 11+ million .co.cc sites from its results |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/06/google_cans_11m_dot_co_dot_cc_sites/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://searchengineland.com/google-delists-all-co-cc-domains-from-index-83931 |title=Google Delists All CO.CC Domains From Index |publisher=Searchengineland.com |date=2011-07-01 |access-date=2012-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seroundtable.com/co-cc-google-removal-13644.html |title=Google Bans A Complete Subdomain From Index: co.cc |date=July 2011 |publisher=Seroundtable.com |access-date=2012-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters/thread?tid=10735eb11a40c0c8&hl=en |title=Google Discussiegroepen |access-date=2012-06-17}}</ref>

The abundance of cheap .co.cc domains had also been used by those who sold [[rogue antivirus|fake "anti-virus" programs]].<ref>{{cite web |author=David Talbot |url=http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37718/ |title=The Perfect Scam |publisher=Technology Review |access-date=2012-06-17 |archive-date=29 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129003309/http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37718/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 2012 to 2014, the co.cc website and [[Name Server|name servers]] were not online. There was no formal statement by the company, but they did stop accepting new registrations some time before they closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/11/15/2215256/free-registrar-cocc-goes-the-way-of-the-dodo |title=Free Registrar co.cc Goes the Way of the Dodo |date=2012-11-15 |access-date=2012-11-15}}</ref>

In 2018, co.cc was listed for sale for US$500,000.00.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://co.cc |title=This domain name CO.CC is for sale}}</ref> As of 2019, co.cc is registered to and in use by another entity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://co.cc |title=Cobra Browser}}</ref>