Google Applies For Dot-LOL Domain 125
judgecorp writes "Google has applied for the .lol domain in ICANN's sale of generic top level domains (gTLDs). Google also asked for .google, .docs, and .youtube at a cost of $185,000 each, in the round of applications which has finally closed. A glitch in the application system may have leaked some of the applicants' data to other applicants."
185k Quid, not dollars (Score:5, Informative)
Re:the problem is (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Redundant (Score:5, Informative)
Why not just "google"? Like "uz": http://uz/ [uz]
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Re:Great... (Score:4, Informative)
If lol was used historically on usenet [wikipedia.org], and Google owns Usenet [google.com], then couldn't Google claim ownership of it? Interestingly, AOL tried to trademarke LOL [uspto.gov] in 2003 but never filed a use statement...
Google doesn't own Usenet, they bought Deja News (a Usenet provider). No one can own Usenet, any more than one can own the Internet. It's a decentralized service, and functions almost exactly like the Internet in general, with peers sharing posts between eachother... That's why I can subscribe to a giganews account and my posts still show up in Google's usenet service.
Re:Redundant (Score:0, Informative)
Yes, with the DNS system you can add A records to zones. They then get resolved to IPs and you can browse them. Amazing I know.