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That's the most common approach globally. Like most countries, the Dutch Government use .gov.nl.
by closewith 4mo ago
That's the most common approach globally. Like most countries, the Dutch Government use .gov.nl.
- fc417fc802 4mo agoAh. Just a blatant inaccuracy on wikipedia I take it. That does make a bit more sense.
- robin_reala 4mo agoYep. gov.nl is in the PSL[1] and there are plenty of used subdomains (e.g. https://business.gov.nl/ https://business.gov.nl/) [1] https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat
- djaro 4mo agoAs far as I can tell .gov.nl is only used for pages aimed at i.e. expats and businesses. Most services dutch people use simply have a .nl page like the digital id or filing taxes.
- jurgenburgen 4mo agoThis makes sense because gov is anglocentric and would make the URLs sound weird in non-English countries.
- djaro 4mo agoIt exists, but the vast majority of government services dont use it (i.e. taxes are just done through belastingdienst.nl).
- closewith 4mo agoYes, which I think is also very common, but what Wikipedia was referring to is that there's no official second-level domain for Government, unlike say gov.br or gov.uk). Gov.nl is just a domain owned by the Dutch Government, like gov.ie or belgium.be.