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Matt_Cutts
on Sept 30, 2010
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Google URL shortener available to the public
No, we couldn't. Unfortunately, Greenland doesn't sell X.gl or XX.gl domains. So goo.gl was the shortest we could get.
werftgh
on Sept 30, 2010
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Greenland's GDP is <$1Bn and Google is worth $50bn couldn't you have just bought them?
You could turn the entire country into a passively cooled data center!
tonfa
on Sept 30, 2010
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I thought Greenland had some kind of relationship with Denmark.
werftgh
on Oct 1, 2010
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I think they are now "seeing other people" after Denmark made some comment about expanding glaciers that Greenland took personally !
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