{"id":171899,"date":"2023-12-16T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.islabit.com\/en\/?p=171899"},"modified":"2023-12-16T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T16:07:46","slug":"the-most-popular-domain-extension-nowadays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islabit.com\/en\/171899\/the-most-popular-domain-extension-nowadays.html","title":{"rendered":"The most popular domain extension nowadays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s not the first time a small country benefits from a web domain business<\/strong>. For example, Tuvalu earns several dollars thanks to the .tv web domain. Now there\u2019s a new popular domain extension that earns Anguila a lot of money. Anguilla is a Great Britain overseas territory that owns the .ai domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI is also the acronym for Artificial Intelligence and that\u2019s why a lot of projects want to buy .ai domain extension versions. The web domain business is very changing but right now it\u2019s a great opportunity for Anguilla to increase its earnings by selling different websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anguilla starts making money with the popular domain extension AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\".ai<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The small Caribbean territory is rubbing its hands<\/strong>. They are the owners of the .ai domain and they are selling different addresses at 60\u20ac each. It\u2019s a high price when you compare with other worldwide web extensions. Besides, there are a lot of domains available and the money entering the country is a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Netcraft investigation shows that .ai domain demands has grown more than 12 000% in the last years. It\u2019s an enormous amount in relative terms. Anguila stepped from 913 domains registered in 2013 to more than 115 000 in ten years. And it\u2019s also an amount that keeps increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, during septiembre .ai was the #123 web domain at global level. It may not seem like a high amount, but there are several extensions worldwide and Anguilla is a small, little populated country. Each day more people want to have an .ai domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negative aspects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The negative aspect of the .ai domain popularity is that hackers use it to create malicious websites. The main objective of these webpages is to steal passwords through Phishing methods<\/a> for example. The possible victims trust .ai domains because they are from a certain country, but cybercriminals are very clever. A careless user may end up clicking and using the malicious website and sharing personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hackers create webpages that simulate being legit and they scam and steal passwords. The victim tries to log in but in fact the password goes to a database that the hacker uses or sells on the darkweb. In order to avoid these attacks, you can follow these tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n