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Obviously, they're Google, but does it strike anyone else as odd that the `.google` tld exists? Why not `.amazon`, `.toyota`, etc

hericium 4y ago
Both exist.
moreira 4y ago
They do exist![0][1] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.amazon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.amazon [1]: https://icannwiki.org/.toyota https://icannwiki.org/.toyota
- JadoJodo 4y ago
  Today I learned... Crazy! Thanks for your reply :)
agildehaus 4y ago
https://icannwiki.org/.amazon https://icannwiki.org/.amazon https://icannwiki.org/.toyota https://icannwiki.org/.toyota They both exist.
- solarkraft 4y ago
  But as far as I'm aware they don't use it because (my guess) they're rightfully scared of it looking incredibly silly.
psanford 4y ago
Both `.amazon` and `.toyota` both exist and are owned by the respective companies.
encryptluks2 4y ago
Owning your own TLD is pretty cost prohibitive. I take it that many companies simply don't have the technical skillset and have determined it isn't worth the costs.
luke2m 4y ago
There are many brand tlds. Many large companies have them, even if their main site is not on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#Brand_top-level_domains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom... https://icannwiki.org/.toyota https://icannwiki.org/.toyota
bdcravens 4y ago
https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strin... There are many corporate TLDs, including Amazon (took a while to be approved due to protest from the Amazon region of the world). They also have many sites on the .aws TLD. https://global.toyota/ https://global.toyota/ is a real site.
- bdn_ 4y ago
  Tip: You can search the term `site:ext` on DuckDuckGo to see sites using that domain extension (TLD). It's not very helpful for .com for example, but it's useful for queries like `site:aws` to see what sites are using the .aws TLD.

hericium 4y ago

Both exist.

moreira 4y ago

They do exist![0][1] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.amazon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.amazon [1]: https://icannwiki.org/.toyota https://icannwiki.org/.toyota

JadoJodo 4y ago
Today I learned... Crazy! Thanks for your reply :)

agildehaus 4y ago

https://icannwiki.org/.amazon https://icannwiki.org/.amazon https://icannwiki.org/.toyota https://icannwiki.org/.toyota They both exist.

solarkraft 4y ago
But as far as I'm aware they don't use it because (my guess) they're rightfully scared of it looking incredibly silly.

psanford 4y ago

Both `.amazon` and `.toyota` both exist and are owned by the respective companies.

encryptluks2 4y ago

Owning your own TLD is pretty cost prohibitive. I take it that many companies simply don't have the technical skillset and have determined it isn't worth the costs.

luke2m 4y ago

There are many brand tlds. Many large companies have them, even if their main site is not on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#Brand_top-level_domains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom... https://icannwiki.org/.toyota https://icannwiki.org/.toyota

bdcravens 4y ago

https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strin... There are many corporate TLDs, including Amazon (took a while to be approved due to protest from the Amazon region of the world). They also have many sites on the .aws TLD. https://global.toyota/ https://global.toyota/ is a real site.

bdn_ 4y ago
Tip: You can search the term `site:ext` on DuckDuckGo to see sites using that domain extension (TLD). It's not very helpful for .com for example, but it's useful for queries like `site:aws` to see what sites are using the .aws TLD.