← Back to context Comment by fc417fc802 7 days ago Ah. Just a blatant inaccuracy on wikipedia I take it. That does make a bit more sense. 5 comments fc417fc802 Reply robin_reala 7 days ago Yep. gov.nl is in the PSL[1] and there are plenty of used subdomains (e.g. https://business.gov.nl/)[1] https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat djaro 7 days ago As 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 7 days ago This makes sense because gov is anglocentric and would make the URLs sound weird in non-English countries. rafram 7 days ago There’s no reason they couldn’t have picked a different second-level suffix. Spanish-speaking countries use e.g. .gob.mx, France uses .gouv.fr. closewith 7 days ago And overheid.nl is their government site for that reason.
robin_reala 7 days ago Yep. gov.nl is in the PSL[1] and there are plenty of used subdomains (e.g. https://business.gov.nl/)[1] https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat
djaro 7 days ago As 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 7 days ago This makes sense because gov is anglocentric and would make the URLs sound weird in non-English countries. rafram 7 days ago There’s no reason they couldn’t have picked a different second-level suffix. Spanish-speaking countries use e.g. .gob.mx, France uses .gouv.fr. closewith 7 days ago And overheid.nl is their government site for that reason.
jurgenburgen 7 days ago This makes sense because gov is anglocentric and would make the URLs sound weird in non-English countries. rafram 7 days ago There’s no reason they couldn’t have picked a different second-level suffix. Spanish-speaking countries use e.g. .gob.mx, France uses .gouv.fr. closewith 7 days ago And overheid.nl is their government site for that reason.
rafram 7 days ago There’s no reason they couldn’t have picked a different second-level suffix. Spanish-speaking countries use e.g. .gob.mx, France uses .gouv.fr.
Yep. gov.nl is in the PSL[1] and there are plenty of used subdomains (e.g. https://business.gov.nl/)
[1] https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat
As 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.
This makes sense because gov is anglocentric and would make the URLs sound weird in non-English countries.
There’s no reason they couldn’t have picked a different second-level suffix. Spanish-speaking countries use e.g. .gob.mx, France uses .gouv.fr.
And overheid.nl is their government site for that reason.