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Obviously, they're Google, but does it strike anyone else as odd that the `.google` tld exists? Why not `.amazon`, `.toyota`, etc



But as far as I'm aware they don't use it because (my guess) they're rightfully scared of it looking incredibly silly.


https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strin...

There are many corporate TLDs, including Amazon (took a while to be approved due to protest from the Amazon region of the world). They also have many sites on the .aws TLD.

https://global.toyota/ is a real site.


Tip: You can search the term `site:ext` on DuckDuckGo to see sites using that domain extension (TLD). It's not very helpful for .com for example, but it's useful for queries like `site:aws` to see what sites are using the .aws TLD.


There are many brand tlds. Many large companies have them, even if their main site is not on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom...

https://icannwiki.org/.toyota



Today I learned... Crazy! Thanks for your reply :)


Both `.amazon` and `.toyota` both exist and are owned by the respective companies.


Both exist.


Owning your own TLD is pretty cost prohibitive. I take it that many companies simply don't have the technical skillset and have determined it isn't worth the costs.




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