Googling It seems impossible to see the domain name of a massive site like this available for sale, right?
This situation, which could be considered a major disaster for such a large site, is indeed that in 2015 it happened!
A person named Sanmay Ved noticed a surprising situation while browsing various domain names through Google Domains on the night of September 29, 2015.

Suddenly, Google.com is available for sale When he saw it, he didn’t even believe such a thing was possible.
But indeed, the Google.com domain name was for sale and Sanmay Ved He made the purchase without wasting much time.
Once the transaction is confirmed, it is indeed for a short period of time. He owned Google.com!
And that for only $12!
This domain name was actually owned by Google and even received data from Google’s internal systems. even admin emails could gain access.
However, this did not last long. Sanmay Ved, exclusively on Google.com He had it for 1 minute.
Google noticed the situation and immediately intervened, quickly withdrawing the domain name.

Google didn’t forget to thank Ved for this little mistake and thank him for this incident. A $10,000 reward He even offered it.
However, Ved chose to donate this $10,000 prize to an educational institution in India, and in response to his good deed, Google doubled the prize amount and recognized Ved’s donation. He increased it to $20,000.
In short, this event is both Ved’s goodwill It also showed how Google handles such situations.
Source: CNET
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