21,864 Yugoslavian .yu Domains
3 days ago
- #Internet Archive
- #Domain History
- #Yugoslavia
- In 2010, the .yu top-level domain for Yugoslavia was removed from the internet.
- Kaloyan Kolev discussed the implications of tying domain names to countries, especially when countries dissolve.
- Anat Ben-David's research reconstructed a network graph of .yu domains using the Wayback Machine, finding 17,460 unique sites.
- The author attempted to discover all archived .yu domains using the Wayback Machine's CDX API but faced limitations.
- The site www.yu, run by Yugoslavian ISP Memodata, contained a comprehensive list of registered .yu domains.
- Using the CDX API, the author extracted 21,864 domains, with 13,292 having archived copies in the Wayback Machine.
- The author suggests further exploration by checking Memodata.net for additional domain listings and reaching out to researchers for more data.