| Introduced | 1993 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | SWITCH Teleinformatics Services |
| Sponsor | Hochschule Liechtenstein |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Liechtenstein |
| Actual use | Popular in Liechtenstein; gets some other uses |
| Registration restrictions | None |
| Structure | Registrations are made directly at second level |
| Documents | Terms and conditions |
| Dispute policies | Dispute resolution service |
| Website | Switch |
| DNSSEC | yes |
.li is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Liechtenstein. It was created in 1993. The domain is sponsored and administered by the Hochschule Liechtenstein (University of Applied Sciences of Liechtenstein) in Vaduz, but domain names with the extension can also be registered with SWITCH, administrator of Switzerland's .ch ccTLD. There are no requirements to apply for the extension. Registrations of internationalized domain names have been accepted since March 2004.[1]
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Many Long Island, New York (USA), organizations and companies have adopted the .li TLD as a domain hack.[2]
In addition to Switzerlands’ being geographically adjacent to Liechtenstein, “.li” on the end of a noun in Swiss German is commonly used as a diminutive. This is widespread, notable with Muesli (the diminutive of Mus, or “puree”), and even shows up in family names, such as the well-known chocolate manufacturer “Spruengli” (or Sprüngli), now a part of Lindt. Due to this vernacular usage, many Swiss companies register an additional, or alternative, .li domain for their businesses and services.
In Russian, -li is a verbal ending of past tense plural form. That is why some Russian-oriented sites use it as a part of the site name with the verbal stem before the dot, like http://www.zadolba.li (cf. Russian colloquial задолбать "to piss somebody off") or http://www.ulibnu.li (cf. Russian colloquial улыбнуть "to make someone smile").In addition, must pay attention to such addition, you should pay attention to nouns forming domain names. As for example, http://vaf.li http://gus.li, http://yas.li, http://motoral.li, http://avtolubite.li http://avtoral.li.