no-domain Domain

.no describes the country-specific domain extension of the Scandinavian state Norway.

The Norwegian domain ending, also called Top-Level-Domain (TLD), exists since 1983 and is administered by the Norwegian Communication Society until 1987. Since 17 March 1987 the Norwegian company UNINETT NORID AS has been responsible for the registration and administration of Norwegian domains.
The Norid registry is known for consistently deleting the addresses of companies that no longer exist from its database and thus making them available again to interested parties.

The domain in general is made up of three parts:
- The third-level domain,
- the second level domain and
- of the fist-level domain.

The first-level domain serves to identify the country, organization or purpose of an Internet address. In this case, .no refers to the country-specific top-level domain (ccTLD) for Norway.
Therefore, it makes sense to use this domain extension in the first place if it concerns instances that are connected with Norway.

Until 2014, only companies and other organizations could claim a domain for themselves. Since July 2014, however, private individuals have also been allowed to acquire a domain ending in .no. Organizations can own up to 100 different domain names under the .no extension. Private individuals, on the other hand, can only own up to 5.

By 1995, the number of registered domains in Norway exceeded the 1000 mark. As of today, there are already 801497 registered domains with the ending .no.

Certain domain endings have long been treated as a secret tip for SEOs. In fact a TSP has no direct influence on the ranking of a website. However, with regard to geotargeting, country-specific TDLs provide important information for Google. Thus, a domain with the ending .no ranks better in Norway than a domain of the same name with another arbitrary ending.

Therefore, before buying a domain, it is useful to think about where the target group lives. If the target group is predominantly in Scandinavia, the Norwegian ending will be more successful in reaching them. If, on the other hand, you want to reach an international audience, you should use an ending like .com.