Google loses google.de

[webdoctor]

It appears that Google no longer owns google.de

DENIC (the ccTLD authority for .de domains) whois function is currently reporting different information for google.de

Did Google let the domain drop, I wonder? :-)

[edited by: engine at 12:04 pm (utc) on Jan. 23, 2007]
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[engine]

The search engine was resurrected at about 7.30am German time, though users still report some problems. The message on the Goneo page translates as: "There are is no content at this domain. Please try again later."

A Google spokesman told The Register: "For a short period of time after midnight on January 23rd, the Google Germany homepage (the page hosted at google.de) was unavailable for some users. We would like to apologize to our German users who have had issues accessing google.de.

Google Germany goes kaput [theregister.co.uk]

It seems to be a mix up, but is now resolved.

[rustybrick]

Register updated their article claiming it had to do with domain transfer, pretty funny.