Google News, Inside.

We can thank Phillipp for reporting this one.

Google now owns Google.cat. Here is a little background on the extension.

“On September 16th 2006 ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) approved the .CAT domain. The .cat TLD (Top Level Domain) is established to serve the needs of the Catalan Linguistic and Cultural Community on the Internet.”

Here’s a particular favorite of mine though.

LOL.cat (in memory of Matt Cutts)

Here are some of the details about LOL.cat,

Domain ID: REG-D126549
Domain Name: lol.cat
Domain Name ACE: lol.cat
Domain Language:
Registrar ID: R-2001 (Nominalia)
Created On: 2007-06-11 15:27:02 GMT
Last Updated On: 2007-10-31 22:52:48 GMT
Expiration Date: 2008-06-12 19:08:15 GMT
Status: ok
Registrant ID: NPALHE3545-EURO
Registrant Name: Pac Man
Registrant Organization: Pac Man
Registrant Street: 1111 road
Registrant City: hollywood
Registrant State/Province: ca
Registrant Postal Code: 90069
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +162.69093100