URL Endings

The URL(uniform resource locator) ending can usually give you clues to the type of website

.com- businesses

example: http://www.amazon.com/

.org- usually non profit organizations but might have a bias, there are no limitations on someone registering a .org domain

examples: http://www.npr.org/, http://www.pbs.org/

.gov- US government institutions

examples: http://www.loc.gov, http://www.nasa.gov/

.k12.ma.us- k-12 public schools in the US

example: http://boston.k12.ma.us/,

.edu- colleges and universities

examples: http://www.umass.edu/, http://www.harvard.edu/

.net- internet service providers

examples: http://www.earthlink.net/, http://www.charter.net/

.mil- military organizations in the US

examples: http://www.navy.mil, http://www.army.mil/

.ca, .co, .de- countries have two letter codes that tell you the country of origin

examples: http://www.amazon.ca/, http://www.amazon.de/,

http://www.colegiobennett.edu.co/

.io- a popular ending for digital startup companies selling products for the tech industry, A browser or console-based video game, emerging internet trends such as cryptocurrency

example: http://agar.io/