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.ai is not one of the ccTLDs that Google considers generic[0]. It would be interesting to know if Google will be making .ai generic, or if they will make a spe

.ai is not one of the ccTLDs that Google considers generic[0]. It would be interesting to know if Google will be making .ai generic, or if they will make a special exception for themselves considering they do not allow others to change the geographical targeting of domains registered to a ccTLD. [0]: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/62399?hl=en&ref_topic=6002454 https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/62399?hl=en&ref...

laser 9y ago
Have they made a special exception for themselves? They don't even appear to be indexed yet? https://www.google.com/search?q=google+ai&oq=google+ai&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.988j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=google.ai https://www.google.com/search?q=google+ai&oq=google+ai&aqs=c...
- kasparsklavins 9y ago
  You can find it with a direct search.. it comes in second. https://www.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai https://www.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai
  - xd1936 9y ago
    2nd out of 2 results. That's pretty funny.
    - awqrre 9y ago
      the first result is an ad (not sure why my ad blocker decided to let it through)
      - redtuesday 9y ago
        If it's adblock plus they let ads through for which they receive money.
        awqrre 9y ago
        it's uBlock Origin and they aren't supposed to do this as far as I know... hopefully their filter is just outdated.
        csomar 9y ago
        holy cow, that ad looks exactly like a normal result with a very low contrast small link on the upper-right.
        awqrre 9y ago
        I wonder if you could buy an ad that looks like that from Google or if only Google is allowed to use them...
        weaksauce 9y ago
        It says google promoted so I doubt it. the ones that are ads say Ad in a little box near where you click.
      - unexistance 9y ago
        no ads for me, used uBlock Origin too, but I used below URL https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai
        rootkea 9y ago
        I got the same "Google promotion" add with Google encrypted. BTW I'm using uBlock Origin.
  - wdr1 9y ago
    Which also works with other .ai sites: https://www.google.com/search?q=site:.ai https://www.google.com/search?q=site:.ai
  - traek 9y ago
    It comes in first, and obviously the site will be ranked in that search because the results are limited to only pages from Google.ai
- type0 9y ago
  In regard to prioritizing their own services against the competitors - all the time.
  - jsmthrowaway 9y ago
    [citation needed], since that's an extremely serious accusation -- particularly with search -- from a regulatory and antitrust perspective. That type of accusation should not be so carelessly thrown about, despite any opinions on Google as a whole. Search and business are almost religiously walled off from each other; apropos, they have, in the past, deindexed or penalized their own properties when they violate their own terms. This happened to the Chrome site in recent memory, and Danny Sullivan has written[0] about others. If Google sites tend to float to the top for you, you're probably an avid Google user (don't forget search results are personalized) or searching for terms in which they rank highly. Extrapolating such an experience to Google taking advantage of their position to create a non-level playing field for search results is a biiiiiiig claim, given the implications. Back it up. [0]: http://searchengineland.com/google-penalized-breaking-seo-rules-184098 http://searchengineland.com/google-penalized-breaking-seo-ru...
    - weirdstuff 9y ago
      I'm watching the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/b2b2b246-b21b-3493-936f-4853f8fa5dad https://www.ft.com/content/b2b2b246-b21b-3493-936f-4853f8fa5...
    - type0 9y ago
      https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/technology/google-europe-antitrust.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/technology/google-europe-... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/google-faces-3bn-fine-for-promoting-its-own-shopping-service-in-searches-a7032121.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/google-faces... http://www.computerworld.com/article/2501282/internet/critics-accuse-google-of-unfairly-promoting-google--in-search-results.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2501282/internet/critic... http://www.npr.org/2016/04/20/475015260/eu-charges-google-for-unfairly-leveraging-android-operating-system http://www.npr.org/2016/04/20/475015260/eu-charges-google-fo... How many sources do you need?
- type0 9y ago
  Edited out (posted in a wrong thread)
  - yzmtf2008 9y ago
    How is this related to Google.ai at all?
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ehsankia 9y ago
Isn't the same also true with .io? I'm not sure if they use any anymore, I remember google.io pointing to something but it doesn't seem to anymore. Really curious to see what the future brings for these domains.

laser 9y ago

Have they made a special exception for themselves? They don't even appear to be indexed yet? https://www.google.com/search?q=google+ai&oq=google+ai&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.988j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=google.ai https://www.google.com/search?q=google+ai&oq=google+ai&aqs=c...

kasparsklavins 9y ago
You can find it with a direct search.. it comes in second. https://www.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai https://www.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai
- xd1936 9y ago
  2nd out of 2 results. That's pretty funny.
  - awqrre 9y ago
    the first result is an ad (not sure why my ad blocker decided to let it through)
    - redtuesday 9y ago
      If it's adblock plus they let ads through for which they receive money.
      - awqrre 9y ago
        it's uBlock Origin and they aren't supposed to do this as far as I know... hopefully their filter is just outdated.
        csomar 9y ago
        holy cow, that ad looks exactly like a normal result with a very low contrast small link on the upper-right.
        awqrre 9y ago
        I wonder if you could buy an ad that looks like that from Google or if only Google is allowed to use them...
        weaksauce 9y ago
        It says google promoted so I doubt it. the ones that are ads say Ad in a little box near where you click.
    - unexistance 9y ago
      no ads for me, used uBlock Origin too, but I used below URL https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai
      - rootkea 9y ago
        I got the same "Google promotion" add with Google encrypted. BTW I'm using uBlock Origin.
- wdr1 9y ago
  Which also works with other .ai sites: https://www.google.com/search?q=site:.ai https://www.google.com/search?q=site:.ai
- traek 9y ago
  It comes in first, and obviously the site will be ranked in that search because the results are limited to only pages from Google.ai
type0 9y ago
In regard to prioritizing their own services against the competitors - all the time.
- jsmthrowaway 9y ago
  [citation needed], since that's an extremely serious accusation -- particularly with search -- from a regulatory and antitrust perspective. That type of accusation should not be so carelessly thrown about, despite any opinions on Google as a whole. Search and business are almost religiously walled off from each other; apropos, they have, in the past, deindexed or penalized their own properties when they violate their own terms. This happened to the Chrome site in recent memory, and Danny Sullivan has written[0] about others. If Google sites tend to float to the top for you, you're probably an avid Google user (don't forget search results are personalized) or searching for terms in which they rank highly. Extrapolating such an experience to Google taking advantage of their position to create a non-level playing field for search results is a biiiiiiig claim, given the implications. Back it up. [0]: http://searchengineland.com/google-penalized-breaking-seo-rules-184098 http://searchengineland.com/google-penalized-breaking-seo-ru...
  - weirdstuff 9y ago
    I'm watching the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/b2b2b246-b21b-3493-936f-4853f8fa5dad https://www.ft.com/content/b2b2b246-b21b-3493-936f-4853f8fa5...
  - type0 9y ago
    https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/technology/google-europe-antitrust.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/technology/google-europe-... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/google-faces-3bn-fine-for-promoting-its-own-shopping-service-in-searches-a7032121.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/google-faces... http://www.computerworld.com/article/2501282/internet/critics-accuse-google-of-unfairly-promoting-google--in-search-results.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2501282/internet/critic... http://www.npr.org/2016/04/20/475015260/eu-charges-google-for-unfairly-leveraging-android-operating-system http://www.npr.org/2016/04/20/475015260/eu-charges-google-fo... How many sources do you need?
type0 9y ago
Edited out (posted in a wrong thread)
- yzmtf2008 9y ago
  How is this related to Google.ai at all?

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ehsankia 9y ago

Isn't the same also true with .io? I'm not sure if they use any anymore, I remember google.io pointing to something but it doesn't seem to anymore. Really curious to see what the future brings for these domains.