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Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => World and local news => Topic started by: Gimli on June 05, 2012, 12:35:24 am
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Are they having a laugh at their own expense? Google wants to bring in .LOL web address (and requests 49 other names for a combined cost of nearly $10,000,000)
Next time you want a laugh, you might need to tap in .LOL at the end of the web address.
Google has applied for 50 new 'top-level domains' - the last few letters of a web address - to join the usual suspects such as .com, .co.uk, and .net.
Among the new applications are .google, .youtube, .doc, and - most amusingly - .lol, to indicate a site which will make you 'laugh out loud'.
But, with each of the 50 applications made to non-profit global co-ordinator ICANN costing $185,000, this - at a combined cost of $9,250,000 - may end up being a big joke at Google's own expense.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2153110/Google-wants-bring-LOL-web-address-request-49-names-combined-cost-10-000-000.html?ito=feeds-newsxml (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2153110/Google-wants-bring-LOL-web-address-request-49-names-combined-cost-10-000-000.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)
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Daamn !! Google buy everything haha =)
Now: www.Norway.lol (http://www.Norway.lol)
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I can already anticipate sites which use the .lol domain but are actually of zero comedic value.
"Corporations"
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I can already anticipate sites which use the .lol domain but are actually of zero comedic value.
"Corporations"
Technically google will decide who gets the domain, so unless they make the domain public(which i actually doubt) they will only approve a few websites.
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so unless they make the domain public(which i actually doubt)
Why wouldn't they? They would make hundreds of thousands, and eventually millions of dollars from selling .lol domains to the public.
.doc
Inb4 .zip, .html, .php :lame:
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Why wouldn't they? They would make hundreds of thousands, and eventually millions of dollars from selling .lol domains to the public.
Inb4 .zip, .html, .php :lame:
they arent allowed to sell them :) Only the corp can do that.
Also, i doubt the other ones would be approved :hah:
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they arent allowed to sell them :) Only the corp can do that.
Also, i doubt the other ones would be approved :hah:
Wrong. The holder of a TLD can sell domains to anyone they approve.
If a company feels that the domain and website is infringement of their copyright, they can go to Court and request transfer of the domain name.
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Companies like google should be helping the world, not trolls.
inb4 www.Troll.lol (http://www.Troll.lol)
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Companies like google should be helping the world, not trolls.
inb4 www.Troll.lol (http://www.Troll.lol)
I wonder if anyone has requested the .troll and .khil domains...
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I wonder if anyone has requested the .troll and .khil domains...
:lol: More than likely the .troll, but many trolls don't even know where the 'trolololol' came from. :D
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inb4 9fag gets .lol
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:lol: More than likely the .troll, but many trolls don't even know where the 'trolololol' came from. :D
Trolling and trolls existed long before 2010. ;)
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Companies like google should be helping the world, not trolls.
Companies started trolling (and script abuse) way before individual people did :D See Patent Troll (wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll)
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www.argonathrpg.lol (http://www.argonathrpg.lol) :D
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I will sit refreshing Godaddy for 12 hours prior to the release of .lol with my credit card ready and I will purcase www.lol.lol (http://www.lol.lol) :D
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I will sit refreshing Godaddy for 12 hours prior to the release of .lol with my credit card ready and I will purcase www.lol.lol (http://www.lol.lol) :D
Good investment ;)
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Good investment ;)
I think so ;D I own a few "quality", well owned, I only own 1 domain worth some $ at the moment.
I wounder tho, how long the process takes to get the TLD accepted and available in the markets.
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The chances of you getting lol.lol, or even Google selling that domain, are 0.00001% :D
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The chances of you getting lol.lol, or even Google selling that domain, are 0.00001% :D
Effort must be applied anyways :cool:
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so.... www.9gag.lol (http://www.9gag.lol) ??? :D
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Most likely a lot of companies will initially buy these domains up for their own purpose, with no relation to the domain.
For Example, Scholastic Books is the #1 major producer/publisher of School-age books for grades 1-12, and preschool ages (4-7 years); They own the domain www.troll.com (http://www.troll.com) ; Its just ownership, a big'o game of monopoly on the net.
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I honestly think these domains would make things alot confusing..
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http://lol.lol.lol (http://lol.lol.lol)
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http://www.lol-lol-lol.com/ (http://www.lol-lol-lol.com/)
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lol... Why .lol ? Did they mention any reason for that?
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Naony .lol http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en (http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en)
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Naony .lol http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en (http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en)
LOL Uniregistry, Corp. KY - - Bret Alan Samuel Fausett [email protected] 1-855-10958
LOL Charleston Road Registry Inc. US - - Sarah Falvey [email protected] 1-1681-93347
Two people are competing for it, one of em google
These are all the ones applied for by google
.ads, .and, .android, .app, .are, .baby, .blog, .boo, .book, .buy, .cal, .car, .channel, .chrome, .cloud, .corp, .cpa, .dad, .day, .dclk, .dds, .dev, .diy, .docs, .dog, .dot, .drive, .earth, .eat, .esq, .est, .family, .film, .fly, .foo, .free, .fun, .fyi, .game, .gbiz, .gle, .gmail, .gmbh, .goo, .goog, .google, .guge, .hangout, .here, .home, .how, .inc, .ing, .kid, .live, .llc, .llp, .lol, .love, .mail, .map, .mba, .med, .meme, .mom, .moto, .mov, .movie, .music, .new, .nexus, .page, .pet, .phd, .play, .plus, .prod, .prof, .rsvp, .search, .shop, .show, .site, .soy, .spot, .srl, .store, .talk, .team, .tech, .tour, .tube, .vip, .web, .wow, .you, .youtube, .zip, .ã¿んãª, .グーグル, .è°·æÂÂÅ’
Post Merge: June 13, 2012, 08:05:37 pm
Those also reveal google's next targets...
They wanna take up lifestyes it seems, the main target is education but regular life such as parenthood and pets are also targeted..Also seems like they wanna overtake amazon, aiming for ebooks content hosting and now online shopping..I seriously think google is gonna be liek..the go to guy in like 20 years where we will be as dependant on google as we are on computers today.
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o.O Must of missed it.
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That would make things a lot confusing. I wish this doesn't happen...
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They wanna take up lifestyes it seems, the main target is education but regular life such as parenthood and pets are also targeted..Also seems like they wanna overtake amazon, aiming for ebooks content hosting and now online shopping..I seriously think google is gonna be liek..the go to guy in like 20 years where we will be as dependant on google as we are on computers today.
Which is why I feel Google is much more scary as Microsoft....
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Google is the biggest piracy and porn site ever existed :D
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Google is the biggest piracy and porn site ever existed :D
They contain no actual content (other than picasa user files)... Just cause you can google "{item} free download" doesn't make it a piracy site. If you consider that piracy; Then Google is the largest:
Piracy Site
Straight Porn Site
Homosexual Porn Site
Animal Porn Site
Child pornography Site
Adoption Agencry Site
Real Estate Site
Car Sales Site
Brokerage Site
Health Care Site
Video Site
Gaming Server Site
Web Hosting Site
Game Hosting Site
Community Site
Social Network Site
Model Agency Site
Movie Production Site
Cinematic Development site
Elder Living Informational Site
Stock Trading Site
Childcare Informational Site
Copyright Information Site
Lawyer Informational Services Site
College Site
Childcare Center Site
National Homepage Site
Government Center Site
I'm sure you get the point?
Google is a search engine, provided results based on meta results via its crawlers. It gets you sites than can provide you porn, and torrent dl's... that doesn't make it a piracy and porn site.. this includes google images...
Google HQ is in the United States; Regardless of its servers location; Had they been considered a "piracy site".... The US government would have destroyed them by now.. which may not be to far out of reach now if Google keeps pissing off the FCC :D
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Yeah indeed, but Google is in connection with all of them, else they would not advertise it :)
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Google doesn't run all of those sites, it directs you to them. Same as pirate bay directs you to users who are seeding torents. Not actually provide the file itself.
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Yeah indeed, but Google is in connection with all of them, else they would not advertise it :)
I'm not gonna even explain it... You'll learn... eventually.
Google doesn't run all of those sites, it directs you to them. Same as pirate bay directs you to users who are seeding torents. Not actually provide the file itself.
Exactly