{"id":13,"date":"2013-11-16T18:05:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T01:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/?p=13"},"modified":"2013-11-17T21:41:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T04:41:13","slug":"13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/2013\/11\/16\/13\/","title":{"rendered":"London&#8217;s Global Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers granted the city of London their own internet domain name. Starting in 2014, \u2018.london\u2019 will be used to differentiate London businesses and organizations from the United Kingdom\u2019s \u2018.co.uk\u2019 domain. London will become one of the first cities to adopt its own internet domain name and it hopes to use this to its advantage. The addition of this new domain name acts as a way of expanding \u201cLondon\u2019s global brand\u201d and helping the city\u2019s industries associate themselves with the iconic metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>As the internet becomes more important, it will continue to develop as a commercial tool for businesses. The city of London already has established itself as a strong brand through its identity as a commercial center for corporations and consumers, and will further this image by creating a strong internet presence. This point of difference will give London a significant advantage over other cities without such associations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/files\/2013\/11\/london-domain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/files\/2013\/11\/london-domain-300x157.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/files\/2013\/11\/london-domain-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/files\/2013\/11\/london-domain.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/international-business\/european-business\/dot-london-city-launches-own-domain-to-boost-online-presence\/article15465026\/\">http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/international-business\/european-business\/dot-london-city-launches-own-domain-to-boost-online-presence\/article15465026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.uicdn.net\/bc6\/fe2cf9a89e53a06b40fd8c8cf326e\/oneandone_uk\/london-domain.png\">http:\/\/s3.uicdn.net\/bc6\/fe2cf9a89e53a06b40fd8c8cf326e\/oneandone_uk\/london-domain.png<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers granted the city of London their own internet domain name. Starting in 2014, \u2018.london\u2019 will be used to differentiate London businesses and organizations from the United Kingdom\u2019s \u2018.co.uk\u2019 domain. London &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/2013\/11\/16\/13\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19506,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jgugger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}