{"id":3935,"date":"2025-07-23T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/what-is-a-gtld\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:04","slug":"what-is-a-gtld","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/what-is-a-gtld\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a gTLD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gTLD is a generic top-level domain.<\/p>\n<p>It is the part at the end of a domain name that is not tied to a specific country. Common examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>.net<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>.org<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>.info<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also many newer gTLDs, such as <code>.shop<\/code>, <code>.online<\/code>, <code>.site<\/code> and <code>.agency<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Some gTLDs are open to almost anyone. Others have restrictions depending on the registry rules. For example, some extensions are intended for particular industries, organisations or communities.<\/p>\n<p>When choosing a gTLD, think about whether customers will recognise and trust it. A short, clear domain on a familiar extension is often better than a longer or unusual domain that people may struggle to remember.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gTLD is a generic top-level domain. It is the part at the end of a domain name that is not tied to a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[6],"class_list":["post-3935","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-domains-and-dns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4105,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3935\/revisions\/4105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=3935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}