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Google Purchases Shortest Domain Name Ever

valleywag.com — Google has purchased the shortest possible domain name to make it easier for Chinese users to find Google: g.cn.

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  • orangesoda, on 11/08/2007, -4/+217At over $700 / share, I guess you can afford to buy whatever you want
  • andrewcsayer, on 11/08/2007, -3/+214Next week - China censors the letter G!
  • NyteStarNyne, on 11/08/2007, -19/+169Because everything in China is tiny.
  • MikeonTV, on 11/08/2007, -12/+129I'm sure for most people hitting the 'home' button is still faster........I know all have google as you 'home' page.
  • chicoer2001, on 11/08/2007, -2/+107It will all be a waste of money when the chinese government censors the site.
  • coollettuce, on 11/08/2007, -1/+103LOL, you mean the other 25 letters.
  • pleeker, on 11/08/2007, -7/+101I swear I've been getting spam from G.cn lately, haven't I? Or maybe just from every other freakin' .cn domain that's ever been registered.....
  • insideitalian, on 11/08/2007, -2/+77It seems that g.cn stands for "great censored news".
  • ojno1rules, on 11/08/2007, -2/+64meeting with 10,000 employees + "any ideas for the new Chinese domain?" + ( long silence) = g?
  • mrASSMAN, on 11/04/2007, -4/+58iGoogle baby. (I wish they didn't call it that)
  • hmunkey, on 11/04/2007, -0/+44220 billion dollar market value for a site with a white background and a search box. Nice!
  • TheChihuahua, on 11/04/2007, -6/+48about:blank *shrug*
  • inactive, on 11/03/2007, -6/+43I wanna buy Z!
  • inactive, on 11/08/2007, -10/+46We cannot achieve so much with such small penis, but you American wow, penis so big, so big penis!
  • KrazyA1pha, on 11/04/2007, -2/+35> I swear I've been getting spam from G.cn lately, haven't I?
    Why are you asking us?
  • inactive, on 11/04/2007, -2/+32email is an ancient protocol that didn't take spam into account.

    anyone can put any "from" email address.
  • kajoob, on 11/04/2007, -2/+30the letter 'g' in china is slightly narrower than all the other letters
  • srg13, on 11/05/2007, -3/+29And the population...
  • whatsupimphil, on 11/03/2007, -0/+26I thought you only have to buy a vowel.
  • mishsquish, on 11/08/2007, -9/+34Shortest domain name ever? What about the other 21 letters + .cn?
  • sTiVo, on 11/05/2007, -4/+29Sure it is. Well, except the country itself.
  • gracias, on 11/08/2007, -1/+25www.midget.com is pretty short. ha :(
  • TommyTSquared, on 11/04/2007, -2/+26God, I remember when this stock went on sale... Did my parents listen to me? NOOOOOO Thanks, we could have been rich!
  • AnarkeIncarnate, on 11/04/2007, -1/+22Z.googles.theydonothing.cn
  • KrazyA1pha, on 11/03/2007, -0/+19Mine used to be, but it's unnecessary now that every modern browser has a built-in search field that can be pointed to Google.
  • piesforyou, on 11/04/2007, -4/+23I read pleeker's email all the time.

    Who would have thought that about his cousin and his great aunt betty! Blimey!
  • inactive, on 11/03/2007, -4/+22Meh mine is just set to
    http://images.google.co.in/images?q=Porn
  • gbarger, on 11/04/2007, -0/+18they must have a really fat i and l.
  • badjoke, on 11/03/2007, -0/+18You know they have this thing called "bookmarks", right?
  • stlic, on 11/04/2007, -1/+18www.com is actually http://www.www.com. We're talking about http://www.g.cn
  • whatsupimphil, on 11/03/2007, -0/+16OK, I can't really be the only person on Digg with Digg.com as their home page.
  • tape250, on 11/03/2007, -0/+16Are you stupid? The search box in IE7 can be set to whatever search engine you want, including Google.
  • cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -0/+16And that's shorter than http://g.cn, how? You do know that www is the name, and not the www prefix. In actual fact, that website can be considered http://www.www.com .
  • vornan19, on 11/08/2007, -1/+17I have a friend named Kay. She has this joke about how she got named.
    See, her parents immigrated from Mexico. When her Mother was due they rushed to the hospital. The birth went fine, no problems. The Doctor asked the happy parents what they would like to name the baby. The parents not speaking English well replied; ¿Qué?

    Thank you, thank you! All be here all week!
  • Lorian, on 11/04/2007, -2/+18What were you expecting?
  • stlWill, on 11/03/2007, -0/+15Then what will Sesame Street be brought to us by?
  • inactive, on 11/04/2007, -0/+15bury you, or your comment? Burying you seems a bit harsh for an honest mistake.
  • hmunkey, on 11/03/2007, -1/+16I love how there are no actual naked people on that page.
  • SirDivineGod, on 11/08/2007, -4/+18Might be shortest number of pixels when written on screen, but the site m.dk for the Copenhagen Metro has been up and running for some years now. Buried as Inaccurate.
  • gbarger, on 11/04/2007, -1/+14bury me...sorry, I'm a moron and clicked submit twice.
  • Stelex, on 11/08/2007, -4/+16The shortest domain name is on Norfolk island, simply NF
    However, you have to type www.nf so your browser recognises it as a domain name rather than search criteria :-)

  • rompom7, on 11/03/2007, -3/+14about:mozilla
  • lozzd, on 11/08/2007, -0/+11So? I've been using email from "k.st" for years. http://k.st
  • dsm88, on 11/08/2007, -2/+12http://x.org
  • geminitojanus, on 11/03/2007, -0/+9Yeah, but there are two pictures of Scarlett Johansson, so all is well.
  • VegaObscura3, on 11/08/2007, -0/+8Are you sure it isn't that www is the website name and .NF is like .CN or .com?
  • joeleslie, on 11/03/2007, -5/+13I just have a webpage stored on my HDD with links to all the sites I visit daily.
  • whatsupimphil, on 11/05/2007, -0/+8Google SafeSearch at its finest!
  • cyberoidx, on 11/04/2007, -1/+9Opera Speed Dial Baby! FTW.
  • BenBenMan, on 11/08/2007, -0/+8Does this mean Baidu will buy b.cn to compete?
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