<s>
On	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
.cc	B-Application
is	O
the	O
country	B-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	I-Application
domain	I-Application
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
Cocos	O
(	O
Keeling	O
)	O
Islands	O
,	O
an	O
Australian	O
territory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
administered	O
by	O
a	O
United	O
States	O
company	O
,	O
VeriSign	B-Application
,	O
through	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
company	O
,	O
eNIC	O
,	O
which	O
promotes	O
it	O
for	O
international	O
registration	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
next	O
.com	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.cc	B-Application
domain	O
was	O
originally	O
assigned	O
to	O
eNIC	O
in	O
October	O
1997	O
by	O
the	O
IANA	O
;	O
eNIC	O
manages	O
the	O
TLD	O
alongside	O
SamsDirect	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Turkish	O
Republic	O
of	O
Northern	O
Cyprus	O
also	O
uses	O
the	O
.cc	B-Application
domain	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
.nc.tr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registration	O
is	O
made	O
directly	O
at	O
second-level	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.cc	B-Application
domain	O
is	O
preferred	O
by	O
many	O
cricket	O
and	O
cycling	O
clubs	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
churches	O
and	O
Christian	O
organizations	O
,	O
since	O
"	O
CC	O
"	O
can	O
be	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
"	O
Christian	O
Church	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Catholic	O
Church	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
open-source/open	O
-hardware	O
projects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Arduino	O
project	O
,	O
use	O
a	O
.cc	B-Application
for	O
their	O
home	O
pages	O
,	O
since	O
"	O
CC	O
"	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
"	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
"	O
,	O
whose	O
licenses	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canadian	O
Club	O
whiskey	O
has	O
also	O
used	O
.cc	B-Application
domains	O
for	O
marketing	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
names	O
are	O
also	O
maintained	O
by	O
CoCCA	O
,	O
including	O
"	O
com.cc	O
 "	O
,	O
"	O
net.cc	O
 "	O
,	O
"	O
edu.cc	O
 "	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
org.cc	O
 "	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
not	O
official	O
hierarchies	O
of	O
.cc	B-Application
,	O
but	O
domains	O
owned	O
by	O
companies	O
who	O
offer	O
free	O
subdomain	B-Protocol
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
such	O
spamming	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
Google	B-Application
removed	O
over	O
11	O
million	O
.co.cc	B-Application
websites	O
from	O
its	O
search	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legitimate	O
sites	O
(	O
per	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Webmaster	O
Guidelines	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
.co.cc	B-Application
subdomain	B-Protocol
could	O
send	O
a	O
reconsideration	O
request	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
have	O
their	O
specific	O
site	O
excluded	O
from	O
the	O
ban	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
abundance	O
of	O
cheap	O
.co.cc	B-Application
domains	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
those	O
who	O
sold	O
fake	O
"	O
anti-virus	O
"	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2012	O
to	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
co.cc	O
website	O
and	O
name	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
were	O
not	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
