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Slightly off topic, but this may be one of the first cases of a reversible domain. https://google.ai/ https://google.ai/ and https://ai.google/ https://ai.goog

by tghw 9y ago

Slightly off topic, but this may be one of the first cases of a reversible domain. https://google.ai/ https://google.ai/ and https://ai.google/ https://ai.google/ both point to the same page.

art0rz 9y ago
https://com.google/ https://com.google/ works, although it redirects to https://google.com/ https://google.com/
- CydeWeys 9y ago
  com.google is left over from our April Fools joke for 2015, a reversed version of the Google Search home page. More info here, grep for Elgoog: https://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/01/roundup-all-of-googles-jokes-for-april-fools-day-2015/#.tnw_vlS1ruso https://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/01/roundup-all-of-goog... We don't have the reversed version up anymore; it's now just a redirect.
scoot 9y ago
com.com, net.net?
- manifestsilence 9y ago
  Someone should make a Windows programming how-to site and call it: calm.dotnet.com
  - NanoWar 9y ago
    I thought dotnet.net was already bad...
maxmcd 9y ago
Interesting. You can have one too if you want. One example: limited.international and international.limited are both available
- ryanlol 9y ago
  >One example: limited.international and international.limited are both available Both of those appear to be blocked by the registry. Edit: Nevermind, not blocked but flagged as "premium" and sold at ~double price.
JimWestergren 9y ago
Yes but google.ai is the canonical version: <link rel="canonical" href="https://google.ai/"> https://google.ai/">
- Savageman 9y ago
  For some reasons, both homepages currently show as <link rel="canonical" href="http://localhost/"> http://localhost/">
fsckin 9y ago
This domain is reversible: http://net.net http://net.net Created Date: 1994-10-23
ehsankia 9y ago
Aren't .blog TLDs available. I'm surprised google.blog isn't registered.
- radec 9y ago
  It appears to be registered by google, just isn't being actively used. blog.google works though
MertsA 9y ago
com.google and google.com also point to the same page.
bbcbasic 9y ago
shouldn't that be ia.elgoog
mhandley 9y ago
Of course, back in the 1980s all UK domain names were the other way round. UCL was uk.ac.ucl.cs if you used X25 and cs.ucl.ac.uk if you used TCP/IP. UCL was the gateway between the two worlds, and used magic heuristics to figure out which universe to forward email to. For example, if the domain started with "cs" it was a TCP/IP address and if it ended with "cs" it was an X25 address. Which worked well, right up until Czechoslovakia joined the Internet.
aatchb 9y ago
Thanks for this, my employer (a large bank) blocks .ai

by tghw 9y ago

Slightly off topic, but this may be one of the first cases of a reversible domain. https://google.ai/ https://google.ai/ and https://ai.google/ https://ai.google/ both point to the same page.

art0rz 9y ago

https://com.google/ https://com.google/ works, although it redirects to https://google.com/ https://google.com/

CydeWeys 9y ago
com.google is left over from our April Fools joke for 2015, a reversed version of the Google Search home page. More info here, grep for Elgoog: https://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/01/roundup-all-of-googles-jokes-for-april-fools-day-2015/#.tnw_vlS1ruso https://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/01/roundup-all-of-goog... We don't have the reversed version up anymore; it's now just a redirect.

scoot 9y ago

com.com, net.net?

manifestsilence 9y ago
Someone should make a Windows programming how-to site and call it: calm.dotnet.com
- NanoWar 9y ago
  I thought dotnet.net was already bad...

maxmcd 9y ago

Interesting. You can have one too if you want. One example: limited.international and international.limited are both available

ryanlol 9y ago
>One example: limited.international and international.limited are both available Both of those appear to be blocked by the registry. Edit: Nevermind, not blocked but flagged as "premium" and sold at ~double price.

JimWestergren 9y ago

Yes but google.ai is the canonical version: <link rel="canonical" href="https://google.ai/"> https://google.ai/">

Savageman 9y ago
For some reasons, both homepages currently show as <link rel="canonical" href="http://localhost/"> http://localhost/">

fsckin 9y ago

This domain is reversible: http://net.net http://net.net Created Date: 1994-10-23

ehsankia 9y ago

Aren't .blog TLDs available. I'm surprised google.blog isn't registered.

radec 9y ago
It appears to be registered by google, just isn't being actively used. blog.google works though

MertsA 9y ago

com.google and google.com also point to the same page.

bbcbasic 9y ago

shouldn't that be ia.elgoog

mhandley 9y ago

Of course, back in the 1980s all UK domain names were the other way round. UCL was uk.ac.ucl.cs if you used X25 and cs.ucl.ac.uk if you used TCP/IP. UCL was the gateway between the two worlds, and used magic heuristics to figure out which universe to forward email to. For example, if the domain started with "cs" it was a TCP/IP address and if it ended with "cs" it was an X25 address. Which worked well, right up until Czechoslovakia joined the Internet.

aatchb 9y ago

Thanks for this, my employer (a large bank) blocks .ai