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.gl

Introduced	8 April 1994
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	TELE Greenland
Sponsor	TELE Greenland A/S
Intended use	Entities connected with  Greenland
Actual use	Has some use in Greenland; also used as an abbreviation for Gloucestershire. Previously used by The Pirate Bay and goo.gl URL shortening for Google.
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Names can be registered directly at second level
DNSSEC	yes
Registry website	www.nic.gl

.gl is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for Greenland. The domain is available for Internet services worldwide and registrations are handled by ICANN-accredited domain name registrars.

The domain name has sometimes been marketed as standing for "good luck", "graphics library" or Gloucestershire.

In December 2009, Google released a URL shortener service using the domain hack goo.gl.^[1] The service was shut down on 30 March 2019.

In April 2013, the registry unilaterally voluntarily suspended resolution of thepiratebay.gl, intended to be a new primary domain name for Bittorrent search engine The Pirate Bay.^[2]

See also[]

• .dk
• .eu
• .fo

References[]

External links[]

• IANA .gl whois information

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