Domain administrators have long been encouraged to use .local for internal domain names, because this TLD is reserved for use by local networks and cannot be routed over the open Internet.

Google's Gary Illyes confirmed that country code domain names perform better in search results because Google gives an edge to local sites SEJ STAFF Roger Montti July 19, 2024 ...

Another common issue arises when Secure DNS is enabled in Brave. Secure DNS can interfere with the resolution of local domain names, leading to errors when accessing localhost or local subdomains.