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Internet country code top-level domain for Equatorial Guinea .gq File:DotGQ top-level domain logo.png 10 July 1997 Country code top-level domain Active GETESA GETESA Entities connected with Equatorial Guinea Sees relatively rare use, mostly not in Equatorial Guinea. Free domains available with some restrictions; paid registrations for legal ownership have no activity requirement Terms and conditions (free and paid domains) UDRP (per Dominio GQ Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) http://www.dominio.gq/ .gq is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Equatorial Guinea. The .gq registry allows the creation of emoji domain names. History The .gq domain was launched in July 1997 by GETESA, the nation's prominent internet service provider.https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/gq.html IANA — .gq Domain Delegation Data www.iana.org 2026-09-14 In October 2014, domain company Freenom partnered with GETESA to try a business model which involved giving away .gq domain names for free. Before the public launch, there was a sunrise period to allow trademark holders to register their names. Public domain registration commenced on January 1, 2015.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/freenom-relaunches-the-national-top-level-domain-of-equatorial-guinea-277759191.html Freenom Relaunches The National Top Level Domain Of Equatorial Guinea Freenom www.prnewswire.com en 2018-11-15 http://register.freenom.com/registration/registerpaid?domainname=wikipedia&tld=gq REGISTRATION OF A DOMAIN December 11, 2014 https://www.freenom.com/en/freenom_pressrelease_10012014.pdf FREENOM RELAUNCHES THE NATIONAL TOP LEVEL DOMAIN OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA October 1, 2014 Following Freenom's lawsuit with Meta and its settlement in 2024,https://www.freenom.com/en/freenom_pressstatement_02122024_v0100.pdf www.freenom.com freenom Press Statement https://web.archive.org/web/20240228190348/https://www.freenom.com/en/freenom_pressstatement_02122024_v0100.pdf 2024-02-28 en 2024-10-09 the company exited the domain business on March of the same year.Leaving the domains business, Freenom shuts down at least 12.6 million domain names https://cctld.ru/en/media/news/industry/35839/ 2026-07-29 cctld.ru en The registry is now operated by GETESA through the Dominio GQ platform at dominio.gq, deployed with the support of Freenom as technical partner.http://www.dominio.gq/en/about.html About Dominio GQ www.dominio.gq 2026-09-14 Any individual or legal entity can register a .gq domain, either for free subject to a content policy, or as a paid registration from CFA 5,000.http://www.dominio.gq/en/faq.html Dominio GQ Frequently Asked Questions www.dominio.gq 2026-09-14 In July 2026, the industry publication Domain Incite reported that Freenom had returned, again selling .gq domains (alongside .tk and .cf) from €8.22 per year, adding that reports that Equatorial Guinea had severed ties with Freenom did not appear to be the case.https://domainincite.com/31821-freenom-is-back-but-no-longer-free Freenom is back, but no longer free Murphy Kevin 23 July 2026 domainincite.com 2026-09-14 Abuse Due to the lack of cost required to obtain a .gq domain, the TLD has been prone to usage for spam, phishing and other malicious purposes. A study conducted by internet security company Symantec found that 92% of the top 50 .gq websites were being used for "shady" purposes. Out of all of the websites on a .gq domain that were surveyed by Symantec, a whole 98.94% were being used for malicious purposes.https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/shady-tlds-gq-not-looking-so-dapper https://web.archive.org/web/20180619050124/https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/shady-tlds-gq-not-looking-so-dapper dead June 19, 2018 Shady TLDs: .GQ Not Looking So Dapper Symantec Security Response 2018-11-15 References External links IANA .gq whois information Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Communications in Equatorial Guinea Category:Internet properties established in 1997 sv:Toppdomän#G