{"id":1030,"date":"2018-10-15T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islanddomains.earth\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2020-03-12T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T04:12:33","slug":"ws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islanddomains.earth\/en\/ws\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Out for the Sightseeing Spots of Samoa!?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After spending\u00a040 hours one-way to get to Tuvalu,\u00a0it was now off to the fifth stop on the Domain Island Tour, Samoa.<\/p>\n

I say Samoa, but there are actually two Samoas; the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa. As these are two different countries, the Top-Level Domain Names (TLDs) are also different. The ccTLD (country code top level domain) for the former is “.ws”, and for the latter is “.as”. This time I visited Samoa (The Independent State of Samoa) which is “.ws”.<\/p>\n

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The “To Sua Ocean Trench” image by: Shutterstock.com<\/a> <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u25c6Where is the Independent State of Samoa?<\/strong><\/span>
\nDiscovered by a Dutch explorer in 1722, the Independent State of Samoa is located on the west side of the 171\u00b0 longitudinal boundary, and American Samoa is located to the east. The Independent State of Samoa is often called Western Samoa, and American Samoa is called Eastern Samoa.<\/p>\n