Comments on: Google Germany Gone Kaput?

By: rustybrick

rustybrick — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:56:00 +0000

Rumors are that it was a potential domain name hijack. A commentator at SER said;

“Two reliable sources here in Germany report that this was an attempt to grab the domain google.de. Apparently, the potential pirate filed for the transfer of the domain at DeNIC (German domain registration) pretending to be the owner of it. Funny story.”

Wonder if Google will ever tell us the story. :)

By: Felix

Felix — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:52:45 +0000

Google is not the owner of the domain name
google.de anymore:

Try it out at denic.de:
—
Fehler 502: Dienst zur Zeit nicht verfügbar
Bitte versuchen Sie es in einigen Minuten noch einmal.
—

Sometimes you get this answer for the owner:
—
Domaininhaber: favo
Adresse: Hellmundstr. 31
PLZ: 65183
Ort: Wiesbaden
Land: DE
—

By: Carsten Cumbrowski

Carsten Cumbrowski — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:13:04 +0000

Working from Las Vegas, NV.

“No Content was deposited for this domain. Please come back at a later time and check again.”

Hello to the other Carsten :)

By: SEODesign

SEODesign — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:16:30 +0000

It’s still not working – from the UK. If you check out denic.de and enter google at the top right you’ll see who owns it now (click Akzeptieren to accept to see the result).

By: anonymousconsultant

anonymousconsultant — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:15:48 +0000

It’s probably working outside Germany, because the page is still in cache memory of local providers.

By: kevgibbo

kevgibbo — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:06:13 +0000

It’s working fine from here in Sydney.

By: Carsten

Carsten — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:54:11 +0000

Yes, google.de is offline here (Germany) as well. The message in the blog post actually reads:

- there is no content for this domain
- please stop by later

By: anonymousconsultant

anonymousconsultant — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:48:20 +0000

I’m in Germany. google.de is offline. It seems that google did not pay the bills. google is not longer owner of google.de. The national domain registry denic.de proofs it.

By: Solomon Rothman Web Design Search Engine Marketing

Solomon Rothman Web Design Search Engine Marketing — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:39:07 +0000

I’m getting the same Goneo site from Los Angeles when I try to load google.de.

By: Simon Heseltine

Simon Heseltine — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:38:04 +0000

I just went there now from Virginia, and the Google.de site is gone-o :)