Ex-Googler Sanmay Ved was the lucky buyer of “Google.com”, if only for a minute. Ved said he was searching Google Domains, when he saw Google.com was available.
Instead of a gray sad face that indicates a domain has an owner, the green happy face showed it was available. The cost to buy the most-trafficked domain in the world? Only $12. Ved added it to his shopping cart and the transaction went through. 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. His run of Google.com was short-lived though. Google Domains canceled the sale a minute later, saying someone had registered the site before he could, and refunded Ved the $12 that he paid.
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Monday 10 Feb. 2025
