The domain name world is still chatting about this weeks announcement that Google is getting into the domain registrar business.
The “official site” right now for Google Domains is a subdomain of Google.com: domains.google.com
If you type in GoogleDomains.com into your browser you will be re-directed to the subdomain.
However if you type in the domain name Google.Domains into your browser well the domain doesn’t resolve.
Google owns the domain name Google.Domains.
The domain is registered through its brand protection company Mark Monitor since march 5th
The domain Google.Domains has Google’s name servers on its whois records, the same servers GoogleDomains.com has listed.
Google Domains site, starts chatting about new gTLD’s:
“Pick a name”
“A domain name, your address on the Internet, says a lot about who you are and what you do. New domain endings like .guru and .photography can help you find a meaningful address that stands out on the web. Every domain includes easy forwarding, branded email (you@your_company.com), simple management tools and other helpful features.”
One of the features Google mentions that users of Google Domains will have is the ability to:
“Point your domain name to an existing domain and website. This feature can be used to drive users to one location. An example would be forwarding www.example.net to www.example.com. “”
Now we can argue whether Google should put its Google Domains product on GoogleDomains.com or Google.Domains or keep it as it is a subdomain of Google.com
What I think we would all agree on is that Google.Domains should be live and should resolve to in the same manner as GoogleDomains.com.
Otherwise Google’s own gTLD registration looks simply like a defensive registration which isn’t a great message for a company that is going into the business of selling domain names to the 55% of small businesses that don’t own a domain.
WWWW is in buying zone of opportunity. WWWW is not experiencing low growth patterns any time soon.
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)
@Berkens,
You don’t say!
You owe me an apology then, bud?
Google does this quite often in non-core TLDs. Most of the registrations resolve to country level search sites but the non-core and new gTLDs tend not to be geographically specific. Google’s .eu domain typically resolves to the .com.
no problem, someday there will only ONE domain on the Web: World.Google
The domain name, google.domains, is on ServerHold by the .Domains registry.
I don’t know why that is, but it may explain why Google has yet to make this domain name resolve to their website.
You can see this using GWhois.org here: https://gwhois.org/google.domains+dns
I’m checking on it but don’t think that is the issue
This ICANN document on EEP status codes might be helpful:
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/epp-status-codes-30jun11-en.pdf
Generally it means that there is an unresolved issue on the registrar side and the domain is not included in the zone. The whois record for the domains shows the typical google.com nameservers but the domain might not have assigned nameservers on the registrar side of things (effectively stealthing the domain and since it has no nameservers, it cannot be included in the zonefile). That’s just a theory though.
clientHold would mean that the registrar has placed the domain on hold.
serverHold means that the registry (Donuts Inc in this case) has placed the domain on hold.
It is a bit odd. I think it was done at the request of Mark Monitor, though, because yahoo.domains is registered through Mark Monitor as well and is in the same state:
https://gwhois.org/yahoo.domains+dns
Yep. It they do look like stealthed domains. For Google and Yahoo to have active domains in those new gTLDs would involve setting them up in DNS and point them. Leaving them stealthed is probably a better strategy until they figure out what to do with them.
Domenclature.com
You don’t say!
You owe me an apology then, bud?
For what?
@Berkens,
I had pointed out the fact that domain bloggers in general, and thedomains.com in particular, are not using the/their dot domain names; and are in fact entrenched in dot com while pushing the new gTLDs; and a few months ago, I spotlighted the fact that the new Registries themselves were using dot com as their home domain name extension; you mocked me for pointing that out.
Lo and behold, you are pointing to Google’s neglect of dot domains for their Google domains. I see a parallel, don’t you?
“I had pointed out the fact that domain bloggers in general, and thedomains.com in particular, are not using the/their dot domain names; ”
Ok so just to be clear, although i think I have been very clear on this issue, like crystal clear
I DO NOT OWN the.domains
No one does
Its on the collision list and cannot be registered or allocated.
Google does OWN Google.Domains
Its registered to them and has their servers on it
If I don’t own a domain I can’t Use it
If Google owns a domain they can use it
Do you see a difference?
If it keeps you up at night get a hold of ICANN and tell them they need to immediately release the.domains from collision list
Then tell Donuts once they get a hold of ICANN they need to allocate the domain to me.
Once I own the domain, the.domains and its allocated, live and usable under my control if I don’t use it, including just forwarding it to thedomains.com which is all I said Google should be doing with Google.domains, then you can bitch. moan, write and continue to do your job that no one hired you to do and no one is paying you to do.
Until then
shut the fuck up
@Berkens,
“Once I own the domain, the.domains and its allocated, live and usable under my control if I don’t use it, including just forwarding it to thedomains.com which is all I said Google should be doing with Google.domains,…”
FYI it will be unacceptable to me, as far as relenting, if all you do is forward a new gTLD to a dot com.
I know you are posting the above nonsense to prep for that. I will be watching, if you somehow manage to get the The.domains and forward it to TheDomains.com, it will be maddening! In order for me to release you from this criticism, you MUST retire, and drop thedomains.com, and use The.domains ONLY as your main site
I do what I do just to get to the facts. I do it for Domainers. I do it for America. I do it because it’s the right thing to do.
Yet i get paid handsomely.
In reference to your statement:
“I DO NOT OWN the.domains
No one does
Its on the collision list and cannot be registered or allocated.”
That is none of my business, excuses are like ummm…what did they say again?
@Berkens,
“If Google owns a domain they can use it
Do you see a difference?”
Actually, I don’t see any difference, Berkens. The bottom line on both is that you are not using them. The bottom line is the bottom line, for you and Google. Calm down.
@Berkens,
“…then you can bitch. moan, write and continue to do your job that no one hired you to do and no one is paying you to do.
Until then
shut the fuck up”
Is that meant for me, or did you make a mistake? Such language is normally not in the lexicon of anyone addressing me. I just want to make sure, first.
Why would Google use google.domains when nobody has heard of that and a lot of people probably don’t understand it?
It reminds me a bit of Godaddy latest ad for new tlds where they mentioned “Godaddy.com” more than any new tld. “The internet is changing, new tlds are the future, visit godaddy.com”. This has been going on since the days of .biz and .info.
Compare it to the used car salesman selling cars they know are low quality “Sir, this is a great car” (for you, not for me!). Most registries are the same, famous four, uniregistry, .xyz. They use a .com web address themselves. They might set up some unimportant sideline site with a new tld just for show, but that is as far as it goes.
Donuts is about the only one using a new tld, the others would love you to “believe it”. But as far as them using a tld as their main address….uumm…no thanks, we are the casino, not the gambler.
Domen
Yes for you