{"id":2330,"date":"2021-08-02T11:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T11:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2021-08-02T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T11:30:21","slug":"us-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/us-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"All About the .us Domain Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2330\" class=\"elementor elementor-2330\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-230899b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"230899b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">All About the .us Domain Extension<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6ac49d elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"d6ac49d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-d9c2fd9 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Douglas Moore\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6a0ea6c elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 2, 2021\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b69b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33b69b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-us-domain.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-2332\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-us-domain.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-us-domain-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-us-domain-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-us-domain-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-us-domain-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-43ea192 toc-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43ea192\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-85705ab\" data-id=\"85705ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f76f1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f76f1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197d5d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"197d5d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Is your business name already taken in the\u00a0 .com and\u00a0 .net domain extensions? Or, do you feel these are too bland and generic for your taste? And you are from the United States? Well then, I have great news for you. You can obtain a <b>.US<\/b> top-level domain that will enable you to get a great domain name for you or your business.<\/p><p>You don\u2019t have to worry that your website will be reached by less traffic than with a \u2018regular\u2019 domain, since Google have said that they don\u2019t penalize your site for having another generic top-level domain. Your SEO rankings will remain the same, and might even improve, if you are targeting US visitors.\u00a0<\/p><p>You probably want to familiarize yourself with the .US domain and figure out if it fits your purposes. In this article, we answer many questions regarding this domain to make it easier for you to make up your mind.<\/p><h2>What Is .US? When Did It Launch?<\/h2><p>.US is a ccTLD (country code top-level domain) that has been reserved for persons, organizations and government from the USA.\u00a0<\/p><p>In contrast to many newer domains (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/dot-fun-domains\/\">.FUN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/dot-llc-domains\/\">.LLC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/dot-world-domains\/\">.WORLD<\/a>, and others), which were introduced with the recent waves of new domain extensions from ICANN (the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icann.org\/\"> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers<\/a>) during the past decade, .US has been available from <b>February 15, 1985<\/b>. That means that .US was a valid TLD since the very beginnings of the Internet.<\/p><p>As you can imagine, foreigners cannot straightforwardly reserve a .US domain, which adds to its trust factor. Exceptions apply, such as having a registered (branch of a) company or organization in the USA, or somehow be established legally in the USA otherwise.<\/p><h2>Who Administers the .US Domain?<\/h2><p>The .US TLD is currently administered by Neustar. The first time Neustar was awarded as administrator was in 2001, by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The contract was renewed twice, in 2007 and in 2014.\u00a0<\/p><p>You can\u2019t register .US domains directly with Neustar, however. You need to register these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/domain-companies\/\">with a domain company<\/a>, such as Domain Name Sanity.<\/p><h2>Why Should You Register an .US Domain? What Is It Used For?<\/h2><p>If you are looking to approach the US market in a more localized manner, having a .US domain might give you some leverage.\u00a0<\/p><p>For example, say you have an independent pizza store in Brooklyn. Using a .com is still a great option. However, because it is global and generic, potential visitors cannot figure out that you are a US business, and have to browse your site first.\u00a0<\/p><p>While this might not be something to complain about, many of those visitors might be international ones referred to your site by a search engine. Visitors from Germany looking for your local Brooklyn pizza store? They are just wasting their time. New York based customers, on the other hand, will (rightfully) assume that you are an American business, and this might result in more sales.<\/p><p>Registering a .US domain is not particularly expensive. At the time of writing, the registration and annual renewal price with Domain Name Sanity is $19.95 per year (plus taxes)..\u00a0<\/p><h2>How Popular Is the .US gTLD?<\/h2><p>Currently, there are more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.about.us\/stats-trends#\">1.7 million registered .US domains<\/a>. The most popular extension, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/cheap-com-domain-registration\/\">.com<\/a>, has 157 million registered domains.<\/p><h2>How Do You Get a .US Domain?<\/h2><p>.US is great if you are established in the USA and want to be recognized as an American business. Here at Domain Name Sanity we can help you find and register a .US domain for your business or project. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/instant-domain-search.php\">Find your new .US domain right now<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02d9db7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02d9db7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3db840\" data-id=\"e3db840\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a6169 article-end elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"60a6169\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-565995e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"565995e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">View Related Articles<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21bb133 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"21bb133\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-404e6d4 elementor-posts__hover-none elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"404e6d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_masonry&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1964 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-domain-names\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/what-is-an-spf-record\/\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/spf-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1973\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/spf-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/spf-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/spf-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/spf-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/spf-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/what-is-an-spf-record\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWhat Is an SPF Record?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>In DNS, an SPF record, or Sender Policy Framework record, is a TXT record that allows you to list the authorized hostnames and IP addresses that have permission to send emails under the auspice of your domain, i.e. on behalf of it. When you set up an SPF record, you specify the exact hosts which have the authority to send emails from your domain.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1947 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-domain-names\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/free-email-forwarding\/\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/catch-all-email-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1827\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/catch-all-email-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/catch-all-email-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/catch-all-email-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/catch-all-email-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/catch-all-email-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/free-email-forwarding\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tFree Email Forwarding on Domain Name Sanity\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Email forwarding, sometimes referred to as email aliases or email redirects, forwards emails from a custom email account, normally associated with your website, to your own, pre-existing email address. In other words, email forwarding allows you to create a \u201cdummy\u201d email address through which people\u2019s emails can reach your own existing mailbox, the one that you regularly use.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2374 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-domain-names\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/dot-tech-domain\/\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-tech-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2377\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-tech-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-tech-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-tech-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-tech-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dot-tech-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.domainnamesanity.com\/blog\/dot-tech-domain\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tAll About the .tech Domain Extension\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Now here we have an attractive gTLD (generic top-level domain) for all of you that are somehow part of the tech industry. 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