For a brief moment, Google Argentina‘s domain name was in the hands of a 30-year-old graphic designer from Buenos Aires, who managed to buy it for just ₹200.
The search giant’s entire web presence across the country was down for a couple of hours last Wednesday and was briefly redirected to Nicolas Kuroña, who claimed to have bought the domain ‘Google.com.ar’ through a normal, legal process.
On the fateful night, Nicolas started getting messages that Google was down. And when he saw that for himself, he logged on to the Network Information Center Argentina (NIC), which handles .ar domain names in the country, and to his surprise, google.com.ar popped up as available for purchase for just 270 Argentine pesos (~₹200).
Although the incident has yet to be fully explained, it’s possible that Google had simply forgotten to renew its domain name. But then again, the search giant claims that its license was not due to expire until July this year.
News Source : India Today
