Google URL shortener available to the public

Re:Google URL shortener available to the public by adam-_- on Thursday September 30, 2010 @05:17PM (#1744889)

Could they not have bought http://g.gl?

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Re:Google URL shortener available to the public by Matt_Cutts on Thursday September 30, 2010 @06:35PM (#1745158)

No, we couldn't. Unfortunately, Greenland doesn't sell X.gl or XX.gl domains. So goo.gl was the shortest we could get.

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Re:Google URL shortener available to the public by werftgh on Thursday September 30, 2010 @07:00PM (#1745223)

Greenland's GDP is <$1Bn and Google is worth $50bn couldn't you have just bought them?

You could turn the entire country into a passively cooled data center!

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Re:Google URL shortener available to the public by tonfa on Thursday September 30, 2010 @07:52PM (#1745349)

I thought Greenland had some kind of relationship with Denmark.

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Re:Google URL shortener available to the public by werftgh on Thursday September 30, 2010 @08:23PM (#1745432)

I think they are now "seeing other people" after Denmark made some comment about expanding glaciers that Greenland took personally !

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