Sunday, October 09, 2005

Google Reader Domain History

I was looking at the list of domains that Google had registered and I noticed that "googlereader.com" was on the list. Just out of curiosity, I did a lookup on the domain to see more information about it.

I was surprised to see when it was "registered". As you can see in the WHOIS lookup, it was registered the day before the service was launched (rather than months or years). This must be what happens when google transfers a domain from someone like "Data Docket Inc." to their own name.

Does anybody have access to WHOIS history which would show us the original WHOIS information for this domain? It would be interesting to see when this domain was originally registered and to whom it was listed under.

Update (October 9, 2005 7:24PM):
Thanks to GoolgeRumors.com for finding this information for us. To me, this is quite interesting... it looks as though someone named Min Choi from Seattle had registered googlereader.com before Google became the rightful owner. Is Min Choi "in" with Google? Did Google buy this domain from Min Choi? Or did the domain simply expire before Google had purchased it? Time to investigate :)

Here is the cached whois record for GoogleReader.com from Nov 9, 2004:
Domain: googlereader.com
Cache Date: 2004-11-09
Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
Registrant:
Min Choi
P.O. Box 33556
Seattle, Washington 98103
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: GOOGLEREADER.COM
Created on: 13-Apr-04
Expires on: 13-Apr-05
Last Updated on: 13-Apr-04

Administrative Contact:
Choi, Min Email protected from Robots by Whois Source
P.O. Box 33556
Seattle, Washington 98103
United States
2065223344 Fax --
Technical Contact:
Choi, Min Email protected from Robots by Whois Source
P.O. Box 33556
Seattle, Washington 98103
United States
2065223344 Fax --

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