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Google to Fork Over $10M for Domain Names

More than 50 applications sent to body overseeing web expansion

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 1, 2012 3:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Google.lol? Google has applied to become master of dozens of top-level Internet domains, including .lol, .docs, and .youtube. The total number of domains it has applied for—at $185,000 a pop—comes to more than 50, sources tell Advertising Age. The applications were... Read full story »

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Google to Fork Over $10M for Domain Names

More than 50 applications sent to body overseeing web expansion

Google • Internet • domain names • Internet domains • ICANN • domain name suffix

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