Internet top-level domains by JWright

The Federal Trade Commission and its EU and Canadian counterparts have all been asked -- and refused -- in 2015 to intercede in the introduction of this pejorative TLD by the Vox Populi Registry, which trademark interests and U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa have called "legal extortion".

While .nyc and .london have been among the successes of the new generic TLD program, residents of this major U.S. city might be surprised to learn that the TLD marketed toward them is actually the country code for a landlocked Southeast Asian nation.

On July 31 the country code TLD .an was retired, having formerly belonged to what former overseas constituent country of a European nation? That grouping has been split since 2010 into three constituent countries and three special municipalities, including Bonaire.

Domain name registry Neustar operates two TLDs that compete with .com directly--one a country code it operates for a South American country on a $110 million contract, the other a generic TLD introduced in the minor 2001 expansion of the domain namespace. Name both.

This U.S.based company applied for its own name as a new generic TLD but was denied delegation due to the advice of governmental advisors led by Brazil and Peru

Identify the redirected address for a major Internet search engine's 2015 April Fool's Day prank, an address made possible by the company's successful application for its own brand name TLD.

This "God of the Internet," USC professor and namesake of a computing "law" that says to be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you accept personally divvied out country code TLDs to interested applicants prior to his 1998 death.

Due to over 25 million free registrations and fortuitous translations outside of English, the most prolific country code TLD in the world is .tk, belonging to Tokelau, which consists of three atolls and a population of about 1,400 belonging to what Oceania country?

The European Commission and new generic TLD registry Donuts recently announced an agreement to protect certain geographic indicators -- also supported by certain California-based trade associations -- in two new TLDs associated with what type of product?

This 2-letter country code has been assigned to one of the world's newest nations but has not yet been added to the root zone, in part over concerns it would be used for sites glorifying Nazi Germany.

The 4th-most popular new generic TLD, and the one in most widespread commercial use, has been marketed for fan sites and subscription services. It appropriately kicked off with a marketing campaign featuring rapper 50 Cent.

No need to assume a conspiracy here -- the popularity of link shortening apps and a trend toward adverbial names for Silicon Valley companies have boosted sales for what country's TLD?