Global by Design

I took a moment to visit the Vatican recently at www.vatican.va.

And here is what I saw — a splash global gateway:

The splash gateway offers six languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and French.

And I enjoy the fact that the Vatican City has its own country code top-level domain: .va. In case you’re wondering, our Country Codes of the World poster includes the .va domain.

• Are You Master of Your Domains?
• Say Goodbye to .YU
• .SU: The domain that refuses to die
• The creative side of global navigation
• Register.Me
• The Branding of Country Codes: A list of “countryless” ccTLDs