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Internet top level domain for Montenegro May 2024 .me Domainme.png 24 September 2007 Country code top-level domain Active domain.me (DoMEn d.o.o) Government of Montenegro Entities connected with Montenegro Positions itself for global use like a personal namespace; can be registered and used for any purpose. Used by businesses in Maine, the Middle East, and Montenegro and is popular for domain hacks. None Second-level registrations available worldwide; third-level registrations under certain second-level names available within Montenegro Policies UDRP https://domain.me/ Yes .me is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montenegro. The .me registry is operated by doMEn,https://domain.me/policies/#terms-and-conditions domain.me Terms and Conditions domain.me 2020-03-16 which won a contract to do so after a bid process conducted by the government of Montenegro and was launched through various accredited registrars around the world. Google treats .me as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see [the domain] as being more generic than country-targeted."Managing multi-regional and multilingual sites https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192 live https://web.archive.org/web/20191005224021/https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192 5 October 2019 5 October 2019 Introduction Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia and Montenegro on 3 June 2006, after a majority of Montenegrins supported independence in a national referendum. As a part of that country, constituently, Montenegro had unofficially been using the .cg.yu second-level domain; Montenegrin Authorities used .mn.yu subdomain, while the .cs top-level domain (TLD) had been assigned to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 following the breakup of Yugoslavia, but remained unused. Montenegro was assigned the ISO 3166-1 two-letter code "ME", which was allocated by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in September 2006http://www.iso.org/iso/newsletter_v-12_serbia_montenegro.pdf ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency – Newsletter V-12 26 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20120119120338/http://www.iso.org/iso/newsletter_v-12_serbia_montenegro.pdf 19 January 2012 live dmy (most other possible abbreviations of Montenegro (MO, MN, MT, MG and MR) and its Montenegrin name Crna Gora (CG) having already been taken). In September 2007, ICANN delegated the .me domain to the Government of Montenegro, http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-11sep07.htm Preliminary Report for Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors – 11 September 2007 ICANN 11 September 2007 7 July 2013 with the former .yu domain to be operated temporarily by the .rs domain registry (Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names) until its eventual abolition on or before 30 September 2009. Delegation of root name servers was approved by IANA, https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/me.html IANA .me whois information Iana.org 7 July 2013 establishing .me. The ".me" domain became active on 24 September 2007, and a "Public Invitation for selection of the Agent for domain registration under the national Internet domain of Montenegro" was posted on 14 November. doMEn d.o.o., as a Montenegro-based joint venture whose partners are Afilias, GoDaddy.com, and ME-net d.o.o., was selected as the new registry operator. On 6 May 2008, the General Sunrise period for the .me registry began for all eligible trademark holders worldwide, and on 16 July 2008, registration was made available to everyone for all .me domains at various registrars. .ME registrywww.domen.me.ME registry in Montenegrinwww.domain.me.ME registry in Englishwww.nic.meFormer .ME registryGovernment of Montenegrowww.meMontenegro general informationwww.gov.meGovernment of Montenegrowww.szr.gov.meSecretariat for Economic DevelopmentUniversity of Montenegrowww.ucg.ac.meUniversity of Montenegro main sitewww.cis.ac.meCenter for Information-Systemswww.etf.ac.meFaculty of Electrical Engineeringwww.ef.ac.mewww.ekonomija.ac.meFaculty of Economicswww.pmf.ac.meFaculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Domain structure for .me The domain .me was assigned to Montenegro as a country code after it became an independent nation in June 2006. However, the Montenegro government decided .me would be operated as a generic name after considering the potential worldwide appeal for the domain.http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/me-opens-registration-on-july-17 .ME Opens Registration on 17 July 14 July 2008 Web Host Industry Review 20 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223015026/http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/me-opens-registration-on-july-17 23 February 2014 dead dmy-all Third-level registrations are available to Montenegrin citizens and companies in the following zones: .co.me – unlimited registration, but appropriate for corporations .net.me – unlimited registration, but appropriate for providers of Internet services .org.me – unlimited registration, but appropriate for civil organizations and associations .edu.me – Educational institutions, such as primary and high schools .ac.me – Academic and post-secondary organizations such as universities; University of Montenegro has ucg.ac.me as its primary domain .gov.me – State and Government authorities .its.me or .priv.me – unlimited registration, but appropriate for personal use. Both domains have been suspended by the registry..its.me Domain Registration Everything you need to know https://www.101domain.com/its_me.htm 2026-07-15 www.101domain.com.priv.me Domain Registration Everything you need to know https://www.101domain.com/priv_me.htm 2026-07-15 www.101domain.com Sunrise, land rush, and open registration periods On 6 May 2008, the .me registry opened the sunrise period for all eligible trademark holders anywhere in the world. Throughout June and July 2008, multiple land rush applications were received, which resulted in more than 2,500 land rush auctions that were held during July and August 2008. Go Live was opened on 17 July 2008 when registrations were made available for all unreserved .me domains via various registrars. During the .me land rush auction period, more than US$2,000,000 was generated with names like insure.me and sync.me going to the highest bidder. At the beginning of August 2008, 100,000 .me domain names were registered.http://domain.me/index.php?page=12&news=100 ME Domain Crosses 100,000 Milestone | 5 August 2008 Domain.me 21 December 1983 7 July 2013 Sources say part of the worldwide appeal for the .me domain is the marketing aspect. In 2008 in terms of the number of Web pages indexed by Google among all TLDs, .me sites have enjoyed the fastest growth with more than 50% a month. In the same year, .me topped its potential rivals .mobi and .asia in Alexa Internet top one million websites with 341 .me sites versus 233 .mobi sites and 86 .asia sites. Extra potential of .me is revealed considering the fact that .mobi was launched two years before .me and .asia four months before .me. By the middle of February 2009, 200,000 .me domain names were registered. http://www.domain.me/news.php?&news=154 Global Sensation – .ME Hits 200,000 Registered Domains 10 February 2009 11 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090211183131/http://www.domain.me/news.php?&news=154 11 February 2009 dead dmy-all 2009 On 15 May 2009, the number of registered .me domain names rose to 250,000.| .ME Domains Hit Quarter-Million Milestone | 20 May 2009 http://domain.me/news.php?&news=170 https://web.archive.org/web/20090523000653/http://www.domain.me/news.php?&news=170 23 May 2009 dead 20 May 2009 dmy-all In less than a year .me became more popular than .asia, .jobs, .coop, .aero, .int, .mil, .museum, .name, .pro, .tel, .travel, and 200 other country code top-level domains.http://brands-and-jingles.com/white-papers/2009%20-%20Brands-and-Jingles%20-%20one%20year%20of%20dot%20me%20-%20for%20marketeers.pdf White paper by Brands-and-Jingles – One Year of .ME: 2009 – "ME" branded names for marketeers 17 July 2009 26 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20111008014600/http://brands-and-jingles.com/white-papers/2009%20-%20Brands-and-Jingles%20-%20one%20year%20of%20dot%20me%20-%20for%20marketeers.pdf 8 October 2011 dead dmy-all 2009 .me domain statistics By 2010, over 320,000 .me domains had been purchased, making it the fastest-selling top-level domain in history.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8448593.stm Montenegro's .me domain name gain 9 January 2010 BBC Dave Lee 9 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100110052452/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8448593.stm 10 January 2010 live dmy By 30 March 2016, the .me domain space had reached over one million domain registrations.https://domain.me/1-million-me-domains-milestone-and-more/ 1 Million .ME Domains Milestone and More 30 March 2016 Known hacks Most .me domain names were purchased as domain hacks in English and, to a lesser extent, Dutch; 71% of names were applied for by applicants in the United States.http://domain.me/news.php?news=100 .ME in the News – .ME Domain Crosses 100,000 Milestone 5 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20100919195041/http://domain.me/news.php?news=100 19 September 2010 dead dmy-all 14 January 2009 Because of the possibility of owning pure verb and pronoun combinations, their prices have stayed high: during the sunrise period, insure.me went for $68,005, and judge.me sold for $8000 in 2011. .me has been used as an abbreviation for the Middle East, for Maine, and for the accusative case of ja (I in South Slavic languages).December 2012 Other examples of domain hacks include deviantArt (fav.me), WordPress (wp.me),WP.me – shorten your links. Accessed 15 August 2009.Archived 17 August 2009. the Despicable Me website, and MeetMe. Premium domains .me subdomain names must be between 3 and 63 characters in length,General Registration Policies. Domain.ME. Downloaded on 31 May 2009. Accessed 31 May 2009. Archived 2 June 2009. but a few exceptions have been granted, mainly for URL shortening purposes. Examples of shortened domain names include: Accession of Montenegro to the European Union portal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro (eu.me) Facebook (fb.me) Facebook Messenger (m.me) GoDaddy (go.me) Google+ (g.me) Infomaniak (ik.me) Lime (transportation company) (li.me) Namecheap for Education (nc.me) PayPal (pp.me) ProtonMail (pm.me and proton.me) Telegram (messaging service) (t.me) Turbulenz (ga.me) Viber (vb.me) Vkontakte (vk.me) WhatsApp (wa.me) WordPress.com (wp.me) Yahoo! was using me.me for its project Yahoo! Meme, but the domain name was taken back by the .me registry when the company closed down the portal.March 2020 Trademark disputes In 2008, three trademark cases were filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center. All three domain names (creditmutuel.me, porsche.me, and exxonmobil.me) were transferred to the complainants.WIPO http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisionsx/list.jsp?prefix=DME&year=2008&seq_min=1&seq_max=199 WIPO UDRP Domain Name Decisions | 2008 Wipo.int 25 April 2013 7 July 2013 .cg.yu Prior to the introduction of .me, the most used domain in Montenegro was the second-level domain .cg.yu under .yu, which was controlled by Montenegrin Internet service provider T-Crnogorski Telekom. The abbreviation "CG" was derived from the native name for Montenegro, cnr Crna Gora. When the .yu TLD was phased out, all e-mail addresses ending with @cg.yu were replaced with @t-com.me, and websites were also moved to new TLDs, mostly under .me. See also .me.uk .me.us References 30em External links Montenegro Domain Registry (Montenegrin) IANA Whois record for .me Category:Communications in Montenegro Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members Category:Internet properties established in 2007 sv:Toppdomän#M