http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: .scot URL - Recent Posts en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:36:22 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167300 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:20:30 +0000 Instography 167300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All my ties are tartan of some description and I'm not about to buy any others. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167286 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:59:26 +0000 gembo 167286@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not when I passed you at that bad junction at St Mary street and said morning morningsider, except I used your real name to avoid the double morning.</p> <p>I thought Friday's torrential rain would have dispatched my Naw badge which is stuck on my helmet and won't come off. Perhaps it is waiting for the diehards to bring in their saltires before the winter to stop them getting tatty </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167283 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:20:08 +0000 Morningsider 167283@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Insto - since the referendum, to avoid embarrassment, I have been dressing as the Monopoly man for work and as a morris dancer the rest of the time. I am confident that this makes me safe from any Scottish related ridicule. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167277 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:02:56 +0000 Mandopicker101 167277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Funnily enough, both Yes and Better Together adopted .scot subdomains...</p> <p>And the Smith Commission is using a .scot address. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167271 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:24:23 +0000 Instography 167271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did I miss that memo: we didn't stop being Scots did we? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167270 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:20:34 +0000 firedfromthecircus 167270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given what 'we' did last month I'd be embarrassed to use the .scot domain, but maybe that's just me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167230 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:18:45 +0000 Mandopicker101 167230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to ICANN, '.bike' was, apparently, delegated to the root in November 2013 (meaning you can buy .bike subdomains). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167228 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:14:31 +0000 crowriver 167228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>.bike ? .velo ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167224 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:00:36 +0000 Mandopicker101 167224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But .scot is more than just the geographical Scotland. </p> <p>It's also pitched at the worldwide Scottish diaspora (think Burns Societies in St Petersburg, clan associations in Australia and highland games in Canada). </p> <p>.berlin apparently has a strong focus on SMEs and microbusinesses. .bzh (obviously the subdomain of the Bretons) is being pitched strongly at culture and tourism. .club is not surprisingly selling like the proverbial hot cakes.</p> <p>I'm surprised no-one thought of launching .cycle or .pedal </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167196 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:41:52 +0000 DaveC 167196@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh dear blocked by our internet police at work. Guess I'll just have to keep popping in, in person.</p> <p>OT, Robert Smith - off of The Cure has come along way hasn't he? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167193 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:35:30 +0000 crowriver 167193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We're all citizens of the internet, man. It's all about communities of interest, avatars and adopted identities, bro. National boundaries are meaningless in cyberspace, dude. Except when they're not. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167187 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:49:21 +0000 Instography 167187@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CCE should wait for the .edi domains. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167186 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:47:45 +0000 SRD 167186@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CCE.scot? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167183 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:25:40 +0000 Arellcat 167183@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think Ben at Kinetics has gone for the .scot domain too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13525#post-167181 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:23:19 +0000 LaidBack 167181@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well if it's good enough for Lord Smith of Kelvin.<br /> <a href="http://www.smith-commission.scot/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smith-commission.scot/</a></p> <p>Of course <a href="http://www.laid-back-bikes.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.laid-back-bikes.co.uk</a> will work as well and simply re-directs people to<br /> <a href="http://www.laid-back-bikes.scot" rel="nofollow">http://www.laid-back-bikes.scot</a></p> <p>We will probably use the new URL in print as the .co.uk isn't appropriate as it makes our partnership* look like a company ;-)</p> <p><em>* Irene and I hence the 'we' in title. Not a royal affectation!<br /> </em><br /> What does the panel think. Any other bike shops going to use a geo tag like this? </p>