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Why would an organization like Google ever even drop a domain? A 10 year domain registration is what - $150?
by puranjay 6y ago
Why would an organization like Google ever even drop a domain? A 10 year domain registration is what - $150?
- jefftk 6y agoMy bet is that it's a complicated mistake. (Disclosure: I work for Google, speaking only for myself)
- toomuchtodo 6y agoI suppose I'll go start looking for other google domains that heavily impact internet users if they expire, and are close to expiration, and just pay the ~$100 to renew them for another 10 years and write the cost off as public service [1]. [1] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/000118/1443242.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/000118/1443242.shtml
- crazygringo 6y agoObviously it's not a cost issue, ha. And for all we know it was a 10 year registration... that ended now. In fact, the less frequent renewals are, the more likely the business process intended to take care of them isn't working anymore. (The employee left, the spreadsheet was lost, the e-mail address alerts are sent to isn't monitored anymore, etc.) Organizationally, handling infrequent yet critical tasks is actually a hard problem.