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#REDIRECT [[Al Jazeera English#Website]]
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| caption = Main Aljazeera.com on 15 November 2016
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| language = [[English language|English]] (English and formerly America)<br>
[[Bosnian language|Bosnian]]<br>[[Croatian language|Croatian]]<br>[[Serbian language|Serbian]] (Balkans)
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| owner = [[Al Jazeera Media Network]]
| author = [[Al Jazeera English]]<br>[[Al Jazeera America]] (2013-2016)<br>[[Al Jazeera Balkans]]
| launch date = 2011 (English and Balkans)<br>2013 (America)<br>2014 (Video)
| current status = Active
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'''Aljazeera.com''' is the main web address for the [[Al Jazeera English]], [[Al Jazeera Balkans]] and former [[Al Jazeera America]] websites. The domain name was acquired by [[Al Jazeera Media Network]] in March 2011 from [[Aljazeera Publishing]], a Dubai-based media company which owned the separate Aljazeera Magazine, after a long-running domain name dispute between the two entities. Al Jazeera English began promoting aljazeera.com instead of aljazeera.net/english since the domain name became part of Al Jazeera English. It is also used and subdivided as the homepage for the channels of Al Jazeera America and Al Jazeera Balkans. Al Jazeera Media Network also owns the original '''Aljazeera.net''' for their Arabic language channels and properties and '''Aljazeera.tr''' for their Turkish language properties including [[Al Jazeera Turk]].

==History of Al Jazeera Magazine==
Until March 2011, aljazeera.com was an English language website for ''Aljazeera Magazine'', which was unrelated to the Arabic satellite TV channel [[Al Jazeera]]; the latter operated websites in both Arabic ([http://www.aljazeera.net www.aljazeera.net]) and English ([http://english.aljazeera.net english.aljazeera.net]). It was also unrelated to ''Al Jazeera Newspaper'' of Saudi Arabia. According to Alexa, there were fewer visitors to aljazeera.com in comparison to aljazeera.net.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=aljazeera.net&site1=aljazeera.com&site2=&site3=&site4=&range=6m&size=Medium&y=r&z=1&url=aljazeera.com&x=22&y=15|title=aljazeera.com Site Overview|work=alexa.com}}</ref> The former website was operated by [[Aljazeera Publishing]], described as an "independent media organisation."

===Domain name dispute===
{{See also|Aljazeera Publishing#Al Jazeera Magazine}}
In 2005, the Al Jazeera TV channel attempted to obtain the aljazeera.com domain name<ref>{{cite news |title=Al-Jazeera in fight for Web site name. |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11651603_ITM |work=[[UPI|UPI International Intelligence]] |date=2005-11-21 |accessdate=2008-07-04 | first=Roland | last=Flamini}}</ref> but failed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2005/d2005-0309.html|title=WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2005-0309|author=Arbitration and Mediation Center|date=28 July 2005|work=wipo.int}}</ref>

In the Administrative Panel Decision, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center found the TV Channel to have brought the proceedings in bad faith and found it had abused the administrative proceedings.

As of 2006, ''Aljazeera.com'' wrote on their ''About'' page:

:''"Important note: Aljazeera Publishing and Aljazeera.com are not associated with any of the below organisations:

:''1. Al Jazeera Newspaper, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia whose website is al-jazirah.com''
:''2. Al Jazeera Satellite Channel whose website is aljazeera.net.''
:''3. Al Jazeera Information Centre who website is aljazeerah.info''

:''Aljazeera Publishing disassociates itself from the views, opinions and broadcasts of these titles."''<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/about.asp</ref>

Views presented by Aljazeera.com are frequently misattributed to the Al Jazeera TV channel,<ref>{{cite news |title=Between the Lines |url=http://www.mywire.com/pubs/FastCompany/2006/04/01/1721086?extID=10051 |work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] |date=2006-04-01 |accessdate=2008-07-04 }}</ref> including one case in which ''[[The Times]]'' criticised the channel in its leader column based on material published on Aljazeera.com, for which the newspaper later apologised.<ref>{{cite news |title=Times apologises to al-Jazeera |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/16/iraqandthemedia.pressandpublishing |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2006-02-16 |accessdate=2008-07-04 | location=London | first=Stephen | last=Brook}}</ref> The magazine's editorial slant appears markedly different than that of the Al Jazeera TV channel, with the former far more critical of U.S. and Israeli policy than the latter.

In April 2011, the domain aljazeera.com directed to [[Al Jazeera English]], and the domain ownership as listed on WHOIS records was updated from Al Jazeera Publishing to Al Jazeera Media Network. At the time of the purchase, a simple page stated "Moving to Doha", leading to certain long-time readers initially suspecting a hack of the website. No public details regarding the purchase of the domain has been made public by either party.

==Activity since takeover==
Since the takeover of aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera Media Network has subdivided the domain into other websites for their other non-Arabic news channels besides Al Jazeera English. In 2011 upon the launch of [[Al Jazeera Balkans]] the channel created balkans.aljazeera.com which became the main page for the Al Jazeera Balkans website.

In 2013 Al Jazeera did it again with the website for [[Al Jazeera America]] creating america.aljazeera.com which is the main page for that channels website and to which aljazeera.com in the United States redirected to on the first click into aljazeera.com during the existence of the American channel. From there you would have the option of going to the Al Jazeera English page. Al Jazeera is also used the .aljazeera.com domain for specials between the two channels and cross links between the two. After the folding of Al Jazeera America and a re-design of the main aljazeera.com the america.aljazeera.com address beginning in November 2016 was redirected to the main Aljazeera.com

In 2014 Al Jazeera created plus.aljazeera.com, a secondary page for their all digital, all online and video on demand channel [[AJ+]]. Its primary page is '''ajplus.net'''.

As part of a 2014 re-design of the Al Jazeera English site, a new video.aljazeera.com was launched that offers a live stream of Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera English shows and documentaries on demand. It is possible that the site could include video from other Al Jazeera channels.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.aljazeera.com/ }} {{en icon}}
* [http://balkans.aljazeera.com/ balkans.aljazeera.com Al Jazeera Balkans] {{bs icon}}, {{hr icon}}, {{sr icon}}
* [http://plus.aljazeera.com/ plus.aljazeera.com Al Jazeera Plus AJ+](secondary site) {{en icon}}
* [http://video.aljazeera.com/ video.aljazeera.com Al Jazeera Video] {{en icon}}
* [http://live.aljazeera.com/ live.aljazeera.com #LiveEvents Live Aljazeera Events] {{en icon}}

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