https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.uk#Second-level_domains?wprov=sfla1
Until 10 June 2014 it was not possible to register a domain name directly under .uk (such as internet.uk); it was only possible as a third-level domain (such as internet.co.uk).
Perhaps these sites were registered before 2014…
The weirdest “UK company” domain I saw recently was in .uk.com
That’s been around a long time too, I worked for an ISP in the 90s and would have customers using it. They charged way more than Nominet at the time as well.
I used to work for a major (right wing) British tabloid a few years back. We had a promotion with an online storefront that used a .co domain.
The amount of calls and emails we got from people struggling to access the website because they decided to add ‘.uk’ at the end because merely ‘.co’ didn’t seem right is astronomical.
I didn’t know you could use .uk and it will take you to the same place, but also I’m an American and mostly use “.com”
The poster means why do they use .co.uk instead of .uk
Oh, I thought that .uk was an acceptable gateway, is it not?
