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ICANN expressly forbid google, and other companies from operating these gTLDs as "dotless" domains back when they approved them. Annoyingly, URLs like "maps.goo
by jimbobthrowawy 2y ago
ICANN expressly forbid google, and other companies from operating these gTLDs as "dotless" domains back when they approved them. Annoyingly, URLs like "maps.google" aren't set up to go where you'd expect.
- KMnO4 2y agoIt’s crazy that maps.google doesn’t exist, but sheets.new and docs.new both work.
- pests 2y agoThose .new TLDs have specific requirements as in you are required to use it for creating a new "YOUR_DOMAIN" resource. Maps is a little weird because while originally they were bundling maps and search and a bunch of products together they have had to back off on that strategy due to the recent antitrust concerns and bundling so now they are purposefully separating the products and the domains further.
- prettymuchnoone 2y agoI think they've been (slowly) migrating things over--passwords.google and blog.google and a few others exist nowadays
- 1oooqooq 2y agoit's very by design on that example. maps.google.com also stopped working a long time ago.