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Google Argentina’s domain name bought by man for £2 – Yahoo News Australia
The web designer said he did not think it was possible, but Google regained control of it very quickly.
Google Argentina’s domain name was bought by a web designer while the site was out of action for two hours in the country last Wednesday.
Nicolas Kurona, aged 30, said he managed to buy Google.com.ar through a normal, legal process.
“I never imagined that it was going to allow me to buy it,” he told the BBC.
Google Argentina told the BBC: “For a short term, the domain was acquired by someone else.” It added it had regained control of the domain very quickly.
The story started when Nicolas was at…
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