Businesses will have the chance to register shorter .uk domain names starting next summer under plans approved by the British registry Nominet. Nominet offers domains such as “example.co.uk” and “example.org.uk,” but will begin selling names directly under the top-level .uk domain as well. It is said that a .uk domain will be attractive to businesses in the UK, although there has to be some care taken to ensure that confusion over co.uk, me.uk and org.uk addresses is alleviated. Businesses want to emphasize the ‘Britishness’ of their products and services, as well as define their geographical location. With .uk, the move brings the UK in line with other large countrycode registries such as Germany’s .de or France’s .fr. Nominet intends to announce a final launch date by February 2014.