.ao

Infobox Top level domain
name=.ao
background=#CCF


introduced=1995
type=Country code top-level domain
status=Active
registry=University of Agostinho Neto (College of Engineering)
sponsor=University of Agostinho Neto
intendeduse=Entities connected with flag|Angola
actualuse=Gets some use in Angola
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
document=
disputepolicy=
website= [http://www.dns.ao/ Dns.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.

The registry Web site, as of 2006, has not been modified since 2002, 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 unique entityfr [http://www.zorgloob.com/2008/05/google-angola.asp "Google first to use .it.ao"] : Article of Zorgloob.com about Google Angola.] using the subdomain ".it.ao". It also say that registrations are only taken at the third level (when a [http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&c2coff=1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=.ao&safe=images Google search] shows some sites exist at second-level .ao names).

econd level domains

* .ed.ao - Educational institutions. (Seated in Angola.)
* .gv.ao - Governmental institutions. (Seated in Angola.)
* .og.ao - Any other organisations (Seated in Angola.)
* .co.ao - Commercial institutions (Seated in Angola.)
* .pb.ao - Publishing (Seated in Angola. Not used?)
* .it.ao - International institutions (Outside Angola. Not used?)

References

External links

* [http://www.iana.org/root-whois/ao.htm IANA .ao whois information]
* [http://www.dns.ao/ Registrar]
* [http://www.afridns.org/#.ao Information about African domain names]