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Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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Took a quick glance and noticed that this article is claiming "duck.com" is owned by Google, even though it redirects to DuckDuckGo. That domain has Namecheap's Whois Guard enabled, so there's no registrant information. However, I'm still inclined to think that it isn't Google's domain since the NS records for "duck.com" point to "nsXX.quack-dns.com"...

Wouldn't it be funny if DDG was actually Google.

It is using Bing engine and data.

Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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The domain google.gi is still for sale, because it can only be purchased by people who live in Gibraltar. See also, this post: https://tinyprojects.dev/posts/i_bought_netflix_dot_soy

Wouldn't someone from Gibraltar be able to buy and lease it to Google?

Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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Took a quick glance and noticed that this article is claiming "duck.com" is owned by Google, even though it redirects to DuckDuckGo. That domain has Namecheap's Whois Guard enabled, so there's no registrant information. However, I'm still inclined to think that it isn't Google's domain since the NS records for "duck.com" point to "nsXX.quack-dns.com"...

In December 2018, it was reported that Google transferred ownership of the domain name Duck.com to DuckDuckGo. It is not known what price, if any, DuckDuckGo paid for the domain name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

Being a "competitor" that a monopolist can point to as faux evidence of their not-monopoly status is far beyond any simple integer price.

Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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There are many such services, which will not only alert you but automatically try to buy the domain for you. Search for “domain backorders”.

Oh wow even GoDaddy provides the service. Interesting. Thanks!

I would assume that would just give them more information for their domain broker services to raise the price of the domain.
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