.docs
| Status: | Proposed |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Technology |
| Priority #: | 165 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) |
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.docs is a proposed generic top level domain name (gTLD) with ICANN's new gTLD expansion program.
Current Applicant[edit | edit source]
- Charleston Road Registry Inc.- The application for the gTLD was confirmed in the official Google blog posted by Vinton Cerf, chief internet evangelist. The proposed .docs TLD falls under Google's core business category. [1] The search engine giant applied for 101 TLDs under this company name. [2]
Previous Applicant[edit | edit source]
Private Deal[edit | edit source]
In July 2014, Microsoft withdrew their application for the .docs TLD. It is not known if this action was a result of an auction or some other type of private deal, but Google is now the sole applicant for the string.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Expanding the Internet domain space
- ↑ Online Marketing Firm fishbat Inc., Breaks Down the ICANN gTLD Announcement
- ↑ Google Bids for 101 Top Level Domains...
- ↑ Google Beats Microsoft to Docs 30 July 2014; Kevin Murphy, DomainIncite; Retrieved 01 August 2014