Google Argentina lost domain name, problem nearly 3 hours

‘The search giant’ Google in Argentina lost its domain name temporarily after a man quickly bought it for about $ 5.

Artwork – Time Radio Sputnik reported on April 22 that a man named Nicolas Kuronã accidentally discovered the domain name http://google.com.ar available on the registration page, so he immediately took this opportunity. Mr. Kuronã shared on Twitter personally: “I want to verify this, so I logged on to http://nic.ar (website of Argentina’s National Internet Domain Registrar. I noticed the domain name http) : //google.com.ar is available so I bought it legally! ”. According to local newspapers, Mr. Kuronã is said to have bought the area for 540 Pesos, or $ 5.79 USD. The above transaction of Mr. Kuronã is said to not affect the international domain of Google, ie “www.google.com”. How did Mr. Kuronã buy http://google.com.ar? According to Latin American regional news agency Merco Press, it is likely that Mr. Kuronã bought a Google domain name in Argentina at the brief moment between the expiration time and the renewal period of the domain name. Meanwhile, Google Argentina forgot to renew its domain name and most likely at the same time Kuronã quickly registered to buy. Kuronã’s above action is called “Cybersquatting” – the act of buying or occupying a domain name with the aim of profiting from the owner’s trademark. However, Mr. Kuronã’s ownership cannot last. The domain name in Argentina by Google was immediately restored after being personally purchased. However, users still complained about Google Argentina being shut down for about 3 hours and went to Twitter to express disappointment. “This is happening because http://nic.ar is too bad, doesn’t support automatic renewal or domain purchase for many years like most domain registrars in other countries,” one person said. world”. Meanwhile, another said: “Google was lucky because its domain name in Argentina did not fall into the hands of a professional domain usurper”.