Google and Microsoft are buying domains and googli.ng bi.ng

As revealed by thenextweb site, Google and Microsoft are the first two companies to buy the domain. ng, geographically belonging to Nigeria, in order to protect its brand from the perspective of a future short web addresses. In particular, Google has gotten their hands on Google. ng, while Microsoft has secured two.

ng. A confirmation of the dual domain. ng was posted a tweet by Amit Argawal and also a research site on DomainTools. com says that the operation was carried out by Redmond. At the moment the domain is still offline, but certainly within a few days Microsoft will start using the address, in a manner similar to what Google has done with the domain goo.

gl. Also known as Google bought google. ng, also dominated at the moment is "parked". Both domains were registered with the Nigerian Websoft Ltd. Unlike domains. com, companies wishing to register a domain. ng should contact the NIRA and are expected to pay about $ 3,334 a year. According to the latest rumors even Facebook have plans to buy the domain facebook.

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