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In theory, Google could pay for the TLD ".google" so that... anything .google is reserved by default for google domains. But this isn't going to work in practi

In theory, Google could pay for the TLD ".google" so that... anything .google is reserved by default for google domains. But this isn't going to work in practice; people don't read URLs so it doesn't matter. Second, for years there was this idea that all porn sites should be forced to go to a .xxx TLD so that it's easy to block, but that's impossible to legislate and / or enforce.

anamexis 2y ago
Not sure if this is your point, but Google does have the .google TLD which it reserves for google domains.
- numbsafari 2y ago
  I think mean the .goog TLD: https://icannwiki.org/.goog https://icannwiki.org/.goog
  - anamexis 2y ago
    I did mean .google, but .goog fits as well. https://icannwiki.org/.google https://icannwiki.org/.google See also .apple, .microsoft, .amazon, .aws, and many more.
Zambyte 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.google
- jsheard 2y ago
  Though Google still doesn't use .google for much of anything a decade after establishing it, because it's confusing for normal users. Their best known gimmick URL is the goo.gl shortener, which is actually the ccTLD for (not) Greece (actually Greenland) rather than a Google-specific one.
  - mr_mitm 2y ago
    gl is greenland
    - jsheard 2y ago
      Oops, so it is. Not sure how I got that mixed up.
  - arp242 2y ago
    I've seen blog.google a few times. Things like "google.com" and "gmail.com" are established brands; switching that to "search.google" or "gmail.google" isn't really going to improve anything for anyone. I guess it's kinda cute for blog.google, but other than that it's pretty useless. A bunch of companies bought these brand TLDs only to never use it and then abandon them a few years later. Probably a "zomg this is a new internets thing and if we don't do all the new internets things it we'll be left behind on the internets, and we can't be left behind on in the internets!!!11"-type affair. Here's a list: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registry-agreement-termination-2015-10-09-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registry-agreemen...
    - hypeatei 2y ago
      gmail.google also doesn't make sense "Google mail dot Google" mail.google would be better.
      - seanw444 2y ago
        And then people would be confused at how it's not an incomplete URL, because mail.google.com exists.
  - saghm 2y ago
    > Their best known gimmick URL is the goo.gl shortener, which is actually the ccTLD for (not) Greece (actually Greenland) rather than a Google-specific one. Not for long https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/ https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-li...
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fragmede 2y ago
Stupidly enough, they did, and then didn't glue things to it.

anamexis 2y ago

Not sure if this is your point, but Google does have the .google TLD which it reserves for google domains.

numbsafari 2y ago
I think mean the .goog TLD: https://icannwiki.org/.goog https://icannwiki.org/.goog
- anamexis 2y ago
  I did mean .google, but .goog fits as well. https://icannwiki.org/.google https://icannwiki.org/.google See also .apple, .microsoft, .amazon, .aws, and many more.

Zambyte 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.google

jsheard 2y ago
Though Google still doesn't use .google for much of anything a decade after establishing it, because it's confusing for normal users. Their best known gimmick URL is the goo.gl shortener, which is actually the ccTLD for (not) Greece (actually Greenland) rather than a Google-specific one.
- mr_mitm 2y ago
  gl is greenland
  - jsheard 2y ago
    Oops, so it is. Not sure how I got that mixed up.
- arp242 2y ago
  I've seen blog.google a few times. Things like "google.com" and "gmail.com" are established brands; switching that to "search.google" or "gmail.google" isn't really going to improve anything for anyone. I guess it's kinda cute for blog.google, but other than that it's pretty useless. A bunch of companies bought these brand TLDs only to never use it and then abandon them a few years later. Probably a "zomg this is a new internets thing and if we don't do all the new internets things it we'll be left behind on the internets, and we can't be left behind on in the internets!!!11"-type affair. Here's a list: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registry-agreement-termination-2015-10-09-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registry-agreemen...
  - hypeatei 2y ago
    gmail.google also doesn't make sense "Google mail dot Google" mail.google would be better.
    - seanw444 2y ago
      And then people would be confused at how it's not an incomplete URL, because mail.google.com exists.
- saghm 2y ago
  > Their best known gimmick URL is the goo.gl shortener, which is actually the ccTLD for (not) Greece (actually Greenland) rather than a Google-specific one. Not for long https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/ https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-li...

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fragmede 2y ago

Stupidly enough, they did, and then didn't glue things to it.