Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com

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Post by bigwill » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 2:25 AM UTC

Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com
techcrunch.com

Re: Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com

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Post by spicyj » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 2:36 AM UTC

I don't know who this "everyone" is who thought they owned the domain. I certainly noticed before I signed up that they used a different domain.

That said, it's excellent that they get the domain that they deserve, which will undoubtedly increase traffic and profit for the company.

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Post by panic » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 2:41 AM UTC

It's worth mentioning that the first hit for "dropbox.com" on Google is the actual site, "getdropbox.com". Many people navigate to a site by googling its URL then clicking the first link.

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Post by staunch » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 2:48 AM UTC

Like TheFacebook.com -> Facebook.com. Now we just have to wait for the $150+ million acquisition from HP or EMC.

Re: Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com

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Post by vaksel » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 3:01 AM UTC

so how much did you guys ended up paying(or was it free?)...or is this some huge corporate secret

Re: Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com

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Post by ujjwalg » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 3:02 AM UTC

It is unrelated to this post but, dropbox rocks. I have tried 4 different file sharing services but dropbox simplicity and efficiency beats them all.

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Post by timdorr » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 3:04 AM UTC

spicyj wrote: post #2

I don't know who this "everyone" is who thought they owned the domain. I certainly noticed before I signed up that they used a different domain. That said, it's excellent that they get the domain that they deserve, which will undoubtedly increase traffic and profit for the company.

I'll admit that I fell for the wrong domain before.

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Post by peterlai » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 3:06 AM UTC

At MIT's Startup Bootcamp, Kyle noted a similar squatter on http://justintv.com/.

Re: Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com

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Post by bjclark » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 3:12 AM UTC

I thought google just bought dropbox.com? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=857101

Re: Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com

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Post by mbrubeck » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 3:14 AM UTC

bjclark wrote: post #9

I thought google just bought dropbox.com? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=857101

The domain owner had set the DNS to point to the Google App Engine servers. Google was never directly involved.