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With the current interest in European integration as overseen by the EU, it is no surprise that there is now an Eudomain, giving Europe it’s own identity online which has been around since December 2005 ad has been in talks from before 2002. The intention was to boost recognition of the European Union through the internet to reach a global audience, and to at the same time give webmasters and private users the choice of more domain names. An EU domain name might be particularly useful for a business operating solely within Europe but across multiple countries of the EU, or for sites that deal with aspects of multiple European countries such as one focussed on tourism. This gives those sites and businesses a ‘pan European identity’. The European TLD is managed by EURid consortium.

As one might suspect, the EU domain ends ‘.eu’. An EU domain then would look like so: ‘www.example.eu’. Here the ‘.eu’ is referred to as a ‘top level domain’ and is an alternative to other TLDs such a ‘.com’ or ‘.net’. The EU domain now exists alongside other domains specific to individual European countries such as ‘.fr’ (for France), ‘.it’ (for Italy) etc. A business might choose to use domains for their specific regions such as those mentioned along with an EU domain and to redirect the two URLs to the same site. Some companies also use their EU domain in order to list their national sites. When it was first launched, holders of trademarks were given the opportunity to register early (through what is known as a ‘sunrise period’ with the aim of preventing ‘cyber squatting’ – which is where individuals buy up well known domains and then sell them on to companies for larger amounts.

An EU domain is available to any individual or business residing or operating within a European country. In order to get your own EU domain, you will need to find a hosting company or domain registration service that offers them, and register your domain – it will have to be one that is not previously in use.

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Have you ever wondered what people in other countries do on the internet?  What websites are they visiting?  What news services are they watching?  What are they doing for fun?  Now there is a way to find out what they’re doing online in Europe.

There is a great website called EuropeWord that has gathered all of this information for you.  You can learn about other cultures by visiting the most popular websites of a European country.  You can also learn a bit about the country’s demographics, find news and events that are going on in that country, and even check the weather in the country’s capital.

www.EuropeWord.com is a really cool site to check out.  You could spend hours going to all of the different European countries and checking out their most popular websites.  There are hundreds to browse through.  You won’t want to miss a thing.

Will you be visiting Italy for holiday?  Simply click on the Italy link and you can go to the favorite websites that the Italians are going to.  See what’s going on in Italy now and what is up and coming.  Learn about the best places to visit, the best places to eat, and maybe meet a new friend or two at a social networking site before you go.  Be warned, the sites will be in Italian, but even if you don’t speak the language you can understand most of what is being said, and it’s a great way to learn some language before you go.  Some have English translations on the sites, too.

Planning a business trip to Hungary?  Hop over to Europe Word and click on the Hungary link to learn about the culture there before you meet with an important client.  You can avoid embarrassing situations this way.  Find out where to shop when in Hungary, and it may also be a good idea to check the 15 day weather report before you leave.  You might be surprised to know it is windy and a cool 26 degrees – and you thought you were going to pack light.

At EuropeWord you can virtually visit Spain, France, Russia, Romania, the UK and many more European countries.  You can learn about the currencies, time zones, check out maps, and even sign up for your own Europe Word e-mail and blog.    You will want to bookmark www.EuropeWord.com and visit a new country every day.

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Have you ever been curious about what all of your European internet buddies are looking at while they’re chatting with you?  You don’t want to be nosey and ask them or they’ll think you’re some kind of stalker.  But you’re curious, aren’t you?  Now you can find out what the people in Europe are checking out online, and no, it’s not any kind of spy ware.  It’s Europe Word.

www.EuropeWord.com is a website that has put together all of the most popular websites in Europe and categorized them by country.  If you are having an online romance with a hot Romanian and want to see what he is doing when he’s supposed to be talking to you, pop over to Europe Word and click on the Romania link.  You can check out the most popular websites that Romanians visit, and chances are if you look hard enough you might run into your hunny at one of the social sites over there.  He will be pleasantly surprised.

Perhaps you’ve been chatting with an awesome woman from the UK in a game site chat room.  She’s always talking about these great websites she finds things on over there, but you don’t have a clue how to find them.  Instead of just pretending to understand what she’s talking about, go over to EuropeWord and click the United Kingdom link.  Browse all of the popular websites over there and you are likely to find the exact one she is looking at.  Your conversations will actually make sense.

Have you been blogging with the French and wonder where they find all the great content they put up on their blog?  EuropeWord has all the greatest websites from France, too.  You can impress your blogging buddies by finding the great stuff first.

Maybe you aren’t chatting online with anyone from Europe, but you would like to.  Europe Word has all of the popular websites from 22 European countries.  It will take days or weeks to get through them all, and you are sure to find lots of European friends while you do.

www.EuropeWord.com is also great for studying up on a country you would like to visit or if you have to do a report for school.  There are really just too many uses for Europe Word to mention here.  You’ll just have to go check it out for yourself and see how many things you can find.

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