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Side note: I didn't know Google had their own TLD. Is this new? Seems weird that an organization has that ability to do that.
by hmhrex 9y ago
Side note: I didn't know Google had their own TLD. Is this new? Seems weird that an organization has that ability to do that.
- dextermb 9y agoAnyone can apply for their own TLD but it's not cheap. £130K+ a year iirc after a long application process
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Anyone can apply for their own TLD but it's not cheap. £130K+ a year iirc after a long application process Anyone could during the one-time “new gTLD” scramble, but applications closed for that years ago; no decision on any subsequent round has yet been made, because the review of that first round has not yet been completed. So, other than establishing a new country and getting a new ccTLD, there's no way to get a new TLD right now.
- DC-3 9y agoICAAN now allows organisations to purchase Branded TLDs. Google, Sky, Barclays among others have done it.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> ICAAN now allows organisations to purchase Branded TLDs No, ICANN years ago allowed that for a limited time, and is currently reviewing the results of that to decide if, when, and how to do so again.
- ehsankia 9y agoThey've added it for over 3 years now, you can read more about it here: https://icannwiki.org/.google https://icannwiki.org/.google blog.google is used pretty often.
- hmhrex 9y agoMaybe I've just never really noticed before. Maybe a case of glancing and just imagining the `.com` after.
- sp332 9y agoIt was pretty gradual. For a while the only public-facing domain was elgoog.google which I think started as an April Fool's joke.
- bennettfeely 9y agoWaiting for google.google to become a thing
- scrollaway 9y agohttps://com.google https://com.google :)
- Kwpolska 9y agohttps://com.google/ https://com.google/ is. It used to be a flipped version of google.com: https://web.archive.org/web/20150401041958/https://com.google/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150401041958/https://com.googl...
- saagarjha 9y agoThere's also https://domains.google https://domains.google.
- sarabande 9y agoYou could do it, it just took $185,000 per application (https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb) and a super involved process. Edit: s/can/could (thanks to child commenter).
- dragonwriter 9y ago> You can do it, it just takes $185,000 per application [...] and a super involved process. And when you say “super involved”, keep in mind that part of the required process is to travel back in time to before April 2012, because “The application window for the first application round closed in April 2012. Comprehensive reviews of the program are currently underway to assess its performance in meeting intended objectives. These reviews will inform ongoing discussions with the ICANN community to determine when a second round will take place.” [0] [0] https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program
- konschubert 9y agoCern has one too: https://home.cern https://home.cern
- forapurpose 9y agoWhy did CERN spend $185,000 plus labor on a TLD?
- beojan 9y agoCERN is one of the rare cases this makes sense, since it's otherwise an international organisation with a domain under a ccTLD of a specific country (Switzerland).
- planteen 9y agoWhat about cern.int instead of cern.ch?
- forapurpose 9y ago> makes sense It might make sense by the logic of domain names, but it doesn't by the logic of return on the investment of scarce resources. cern.org or cern.ch or cern.anything would meet all functional needs just as well and for much less.