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Once registered, the domain cannot be used continuously, but after the set expiration date, registration is not renewed and cannot be used continuously. However, it is reported that the Google domain has expired and the domain ownership is temporarily lost to the general user.
What was stolen like this was the Argentine Google domain (google.com.ar), which expired on April 21 (local time). When a domain expires, anyone can buy it once it is disconnected. The domain was found to be available for purchase for 540 Argentine pesos on the 22nd. A man (Nicolas Kuroña) revealed on Twitter that he had legally purchased the domain. Of course, this man is a regular user who has nothing to do with Google.
If you check the NIC Argentina site database, the .ar domain management group, it’s clear that this man is the owner of the domain.
As a result of this, an error occurred in which redirection to the Google search engine did not occur after accessing the domain. Of course, it didn’t affect Google.com around the world, but people who didn’t know the domain might have fallen into the hands of users who didn’t know the domain, and they misunderstood that the Google server had crashed or that Google seemed to have paused, causing a fuss among Argentina users.
The man said that he also had a proof of purchase of the domain, stressing that the domain purchase was not illegal, but NIC Argentina, who overheard the fuss on social media, temporarily suspends the domain on April 22nd. As soon as the man purchased the domain, the domain rights were transferred to the Google name.
In addition, if you check the domain details on the NIC Argentina site about the expiration of the domain on April 21, it is speculated that the validity period has expired in July 2021 due to some error. Meanwhile, neither Google nor NIC Argentina made any comments on the incident. Related information can be found here.
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