looking for a new name Vic?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deus Ex Machina" <vicc&#167;cia.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 5:16 PM
Subject: [DNS] google.com.au


>
> hi,
>
> not so long ago you could buy web hosting on google.com.au, now the name
belongs to google.
>
> the way back machine shows that google.com.au used to contain content for
Dedicated Hosting
> prior to the the current google page.
>
> NSW BN97829549 GOOGLE WEB HOSTING
> which strangely enough also belongs to DEDICATED HOSTING PTY LTD
>
> the Google web hosting name was deregistered on 24 sep 2002. google
australia pty ltd was
> incorporated on 4/10/2002 as a foreign owned company.
>
> I am very curious how this name went from dedicated hosting pty ltd to
"Google INC". given the above
> timing of the deregistration of the business name (which did not expire)
and the registration of the
> australian google company.
>
> given the timing of the above events, its is pretty clear a transfer took
place.
>
> and  from search engine watch:
>
> GOOGLE has its own issue in having a local Australia site. The company
> is trying to obtain through legal channels the google.com.au domain name,
> which is owned by someone else. This is why it hasn't yet launched a
Google
> Australia site, something the audience said it definitely wants, for it
would
> make narrowing searches to Australia information easier.
>
> which confirms some form of transfer did take place.  given auda forbids
transfers between unrelated
> companies I am curious as to how this feat was achieved.  did dedicated
hosting cancel the name
> allowing google to register it and did money change hands?
>
> Vic
>
>
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