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Google Applies For Dot-LOL Domain

Posted by timothy on from the binary-code-of-ells-and-zeroes dept.

judgecorp writes "Google has applied for the .lol domain in ICANN's sale of generic top level domains (gTLDs). Google also asked for .google, .docs, and .youtube at a cost of $185,000 each, in the round of applications which has finally closed. A glitch in the application system may have leaked some of the applicants' data to other applicants."

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  1. the problem is by tian2992 · · Score: 5, Funny

    cats.lol does not have the same ring to it sadly...

    1. Re:the problem is by rrohbeck · · Score: 3, Funny

      So who has the .cats domain?

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      thegodmovie.com - watch it
  2. League of Legends by Muramas95 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google is buying the league of legends domain, awesome.

  3. Do not evil... by gmuslera · · Score: 3, Funny

    and then they say "all your jokes are belong to us"

  4. So who has applied for by rossdee · · Score: 4, Funny

    .WTF and .OMG

    1. Re:So who has applied for by thegarbz · · Score: 4, Funny

      .FAIL

      ICANN has reserved that one for personal use.

  5. Re:.docs? by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft should be perfectly happy with their ownership of .crash, .virus, and .bsod.

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    The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
  6. Redundant by Hentes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Changing their address to google.google is a bit redundant.

  7. I think someone should apply for .sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could be a best-selling TLD

  8. Re:.docs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    you could apply for .troll

  9. Re:Too bad they didn't apply for .cheezburger.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ICANN.has.cheezburger

    FTFY