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Internet country code top-level domain for Greenland
.gl #CCF DotGL domain logo (custom).svg 8 April 1994 Country code top-level domain Active Tusass Tusass Entities connected with Greenland Has some use in Greenland; also occasionally used as a domain hack None Names can be registered directly at second level https://nic.gl/ yes
.gl is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for Greenland.
Registration
The domain is available for Internet services worldwide and registrations are handled by ICANN-accredited domain name registrars.
Domain hack
The domain name has sometimes been marketed as standing for "good luck", "graphics library" or Gloucestershire.January 2026
In December 2009, Google released a URL shortener service using the domain hack goo.gl.http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10415148-248.html Google gets into the URL-shrinking biz with Goo.gl 2009-12-14 cnet news Josh Lowensohn 2009-12-19 2012-11-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20121102061411/http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10415148-248.html dead The service was shut down on 30 March 2019.
Suspensions
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.http://torrentfreak.com/new-pirate-bay-greenland-domains-about-to-be-seized-130410 New Pirate Bay Greenland Domains (About to be) Seized TorrentFreak 2013-04-25 2013-05-13
See also
.dk
.eu
.fo
References
External links
IANA .gl whois information
Category:Country code top-level domains
Category:Communications in Greenland
Category:Internet properties established in 1994