Somone bought Google.com

[jos]

Sanmay Ved was the lucky buyer of Google.com, if only for a minute.  he was up late and searching Google Domains, Google's website buying service, when he noticed Google.com was available. The cost to buy the most-trafficked domain in the world? Only $12. surprisingly, the transaction went through.

 

Instead of receiving the normal "you bought a domain" emails from the company, his Google Search Console dashboard, which has an overview of his other websites, was updated with messages for the Google.com domain owner. He also received emails with internal information

 

"The scary part was I had access to the webmaster controls for a minute," Ved said. He frantically took screenshots along the way and detailed the whole ordeal in a LinkedIn post.

 

"I can't shake that feeling that I actually owned Google.com," Ved said.

 

 

He purchased it.. google should have let him have it....Imagine google paying to get it back...

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/this-guy-bought-googlecom-from-google-for-one-minute-2015-9

[Jerakl]

If only he got to keep it lol

[blu4]

Image if that went through and this was legit.

 

"HELLO I SELLING GOOGLE FOR 65550450000 RUPEEEEE"

[Jade]

His first mistake was registering google.com through Google. One way he'd have kept it for a slight bit longer.

[TrigrH]

More details here:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-purchased-domain-googlecom-via-google-domains-sanmay-ved

[ShadowCaptain]

thats amazing haha

[zacRupnow]

Even if the listing was a mistake, Google should have had to buy it back.

[Newton10]

Even if the listing was a mistake, Google should have had to buy it back.

 

They were allowed to void the purchase because they own the domain service he bought it through.

[hsm]

i would have held google.com hostage for a buy back, maybe even messed with the code.

[IAMSWIFT1]

i would have held google.com hostage for a buy back, maybe even messed with the code.

Lol,Become And Instant Billionare

[HalGameGuru]

Isn't that Google's OWN domain system? As in separate from the open DNS system we have for everything else? You know you could make your OWN Domain system too, its just redirection. Google really seems to be chiseling out for itself its own little internet fiefdom. Good luck.

[IAMSWIFT1]

He Deserves Money For Finding That,And Not Doing Anything When He Had The Opportunity To Do Something

[Trik'Stari]

Image if that went through and this was legit.

 

"HELLO I SELLING GOOGLE FOR 65550450000 RUPEEEEE"

I would settle, for the price of Google funding me to create my own online IT college, giving me complete and total creative control.

 

He Deserves Money For Finding That,And Not Doing Anything When He Had The Opportunity To Do Something

 

For the love of god, stop capitalizing every single word. It makes you look like a 5 year old.

[GoldSrc]

Imagine telling to your grand-kids, "I owned Google for a minute".

[Kamina]

To have your hopes and dreams be crushed so easily by Google. 

[Syntaxvgm]

I would have had it redirect to bing.com

 

 

 

 

Just to piss a bunch of people off for 5 minutes and get death threats 

[Mooshi]

I'd have probably sold it for a large enough sum to never have to work again. If any threats of legal action were taken, I'd point out it was a sale and that goof was on their end. 

[blu4]

I would have had it redirect to bing.com

 

 

 

 

Just to piss a bunch of people off for 5 minutes and get death threats 

[Guest Strangerbob]

Why couldnt he keep it tho?

 

Because GOOGLE said so?

 

Then the whole system loses its entire value if its not consistent 100% of the time.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

For the love of god, stop capitalizing every single word. It makes you look like a 5 year old.

 

That's why I love the "ignore" function, Trik.  Try it sometime, makes the forum a whole lot more pleasant to browse.

[MercianUK]

He Deserves Money For Finding That,And Not Doing Anything When He Had The Opportunity To Do Something

 

I wish I got paid every time I had the opportunity to do something and did nothing.