Bhutan Web Hosting Services – Blog

I feel it is high time for the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of Bhutan to think over the issue of websites hosted in Bhutan not loading without prefix of “www”.

If you want to browse websites hosted in Bhutan, you will have to type the full web address with prefix”www”. If you forget to type the prefix, you will never be able to load Bhutanese websites. It is some times very frustrating for users to see “website not found” message although the website address is correct (but typed without “www”).

Some webmasters  realised this problem and created a custom redirection program either through PHP code or through .htaccess to swiftly redirect users to a proper website address if users type web address without “www” prefix.

I am hosteing several websites in overseas servers and there is no problem loading website even if it is typed without “www” prefix. It is, I feel, mainly due to CNAME configuration of the websites which needs to be provided by the web hosts. Whenever I ask the technical people of some popular web hosts, they say they are not sure why the websites do not load without “www”.

Since the number of websites hosted in Bhutan increases with many government agencies, corporations, private businesses and personal web, it is very essential for any ISP or web host in Bhutan to reflect upon its advance technologies to simplify procedures or process to load their clients’ websites.

My last word would be, if you ever try to visit a website hosted in Bhutan, do not forget to type “http://www.websiteaddress.(com.bt, bt, .net.bt, …).