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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. 185k Quid, not dollars by AlabamaMike · · Score: 4, Informative

    Thus making it a bit more expensive (although not to Google!)

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  2. Re:the problem is by mattiaza · · Score: 5, Informative

    .cat is the regional TLD for Catalonia. Unfortunately, lol.cat is already taken.

  3. Re:Redundant by icebraining · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why not just "google"? Like "uz": http://uz/

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  4. Re:Redundant by houghi · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or just gooogle. Once you own the TLD, you do not have to use domains. You just use the TLD.

    Just like they now use google.com and www.google.com

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  5. Re:Great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    If lol was used historically on usenet, and Google owns Usenet, then couldn't Google claim ownership of it? Interestingly, AOL tried to trademarke LOL in 2003 but never filed a use statement...

    Google doesn't own Usenet, they bought Deja News (a Usenet provider). No one can own Usenet, any more than one can own the Internet. It's a decentralized service, and functions almost exactly like the Internet in general, with peers sharing posts between eachother... That's why I can subscribe to a giganews account and my posts still show up in Google's usenet service.

  6. Re:Redundant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Yes, with the DNS system you can add A records to zones. They then get resolved to IPs and you can browse them. Amazing I know.