I discovered this while performing my usual searching business on google.com, when suddenly a message popped up:
And indeed, the URL www.google.bt takes you to a legal Google site (the domain was purchased by Google in May 2012). Searching via google.bt will (likely) give more localized results. For example, searching for "Ministry of Education" brings www.education.gov.bt as the first result.
Quick update: it looks like Google's move to google.bt is still in progress. For instance, books.google.bt is still not functional. Let's see how fast the update takes!
it has been made possible thru the efforts of iTechnologies Pvt Ltd and they are bringing in the sreet views to Bhutan.
ReplyDelete@Tobgay, interesting! How did iTechnologies assist with the www.google.bt search engine? Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteIt is great indeed.But was just giving a second thought too.Was it possible to buy such domain individually and later sell to such giant form like google so that we can make some quick money?I know google is a copyright name but are we allowed to buy such domain apart from .com?Please let me know.
ReplyDeleteIf so we can buy many giant companies domain with .bt extension.Just a wild though!!!
mimi, this is called #cybersquatting, and is illegal in many countries. Good question about #Bhutan!
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Cybersquatting is not permitted in Bhutan. In fact it is very strict in Bhutan and domain names can only be bought as per their registered business name. A trade license has to be produced to validate their business name. Even generic names and names of big companies are blocked and not available. The domain name transaction took place directly between Google and the service provider.
ReplyDeleteThanks Yeshey. I guess I can forget about samsung.bt then...
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