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Introduced | 8 April 1994 |
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TLDtype | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Tusass |
Sponsor | Tusass |
Intended use | Entities connected withGreenland |
Actual use | Has some use in Greenland; also used as an abbreviation forGloucestershire. Previously used by The Pirate Bay andgoo.glURL shortening forGoogle. |
Registration restrictions | None |
Structure | Names can be registered directly at second level |
DNSSEC | yes |
Registry website | nic.gl |
.glis thecountry code top-level domain(ccTLD) in theDomain Name Systemof theInternetforGreenland.The domain is available for Internet services worldwide and registrations are handled byICANN-accredited domain name registrars.
The domain name has sometimes been marketed as standing for "good luck", "graphics library"orGloucestershire.
In December 2009,Googlereleased aURL shortenerservice using thedomain hackgoo.gl
.[1]The service was shut down on 30 March 2019.
In April 2013, the registry unilaterally voluntarily suspended resolution of thepiratebay.gl, intended to be a new primarydomain nameforBittorrentsearch engineThe Pirate Bay.[2]
See also
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[edit]- ^Josh Lowensohn (2009-12-14)."Google gets into the URL-shrinking biz with Goo.gl".cnet news. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-11-02.Retrieved2009-12-19.
- ^"New Pirate Bay Greenland Domains (About to be) Seized".TorrentFreak. 2013-04-25.Retrieved2013-05-13.
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