Google loses blogspot.in domain breaking hundreds of thousands of links
By Abhishek Baxi @baxiabhishek · Jul 8, 2020 07:36 EDT View full version Google seems to have lost ownership of its blogspot.in domain. The domain is part of Google-owned Blogger, a blog-publishing service, that the company acquired in 2003. On Blogger, country-specific domains are not different blog addresses, but a domain redirect based on the country where you're currently located. When searched within India, Blogger points to username.blogspot.in as opposed to username.blogspot.com . A lot of users in India then also end up sharing .in permalinks all over the Web. From a WHOIS lookup, it seems that the blogspot.in domain has been picked up by a domain service provider. Domain Name: blogspot.in Registry Domain ID: DE2DC9C0E8E694C28ADEF0F444F121B45-IN Registrar URL: www.domainming.com Updated Date: 2020-06-29T20:00:06Z Creation Date: 2020-06-24T20:00:05Z Registry Expiry Date: 2021-06-24T20:00:05Z Domain Status: inactive In February 2013...