An ex-Google employee just bought Google.com for $12

Google accidentally sold its own iconic Google.com web domain

FORMER Google employee has bought one of the most valuable web addresses in the world for $12.

 

A man has successfully purchase the web domain Google.com – the most popular website on the internet – for a staggering $12.

Sanmay Ved, a former Google employee, was testing out a new web domain sale service by Google when he discovered that his former employee's priceless domain was on sale … and with a bargain bucket price-tag.

Mr Ved was so shocked that the well-known address was on sale that he clicked Add To Cart.

 

He admits he only typed in Google.com to the service as a test.

"I was hoping I would get an error at sometime saying transaction did not go through," he explained.

"But I was able to complete the purchase, and my credit card was actually charged."

After the purchase was completed, he received two separate emails from Google confirming that he had bought their iconic web address.

 

Google recently unveiled a modern new look to its logo

 

The US technology firm recently unveiled a new Nexus phablet, the Nexus 6P

 

An update to the hugely popular Nexus 5 will go on sale later this month

The news comes just days after Google refreshed its Chromecast video on-demand streaming device (which was banned by Amazon earlier today), a new ChromeCast Audio device, and two new Nexus smartphones.

Ownership of the web domain was officially transferred from US technology firm Google to Mr Ved – but minutes later he got an email from Google informing him that the order had been cancelled.

This is not the first time a major technology company has accidentally sold its own web domain.

 

Microsoft forgot to renew its own Hotmail.co.uk domain name – which was quickly snapped up by an enterprising member of the public – back in 2003.

Luckily the buyer then contacted Microsoft and handed back the web address.

Earlier this year, NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com revealed that Microsoft does not even own the Windows10.com domain name, the name of its controversial new operating system.

The new Microsoft OS has seen huge adoption and has been praised for its new design and stability, since its release earlier this summer.

But the Redmond technology firm has come under fire after a number of users reported slow boot-up times, problems with accuracy when tracking location, wifi troubles and issues with child safety settings after upgrading to Windows 10.