| .gl | |
| Background: |
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| Introduced: | 8 April 1994 |
| Type: | Country code top-level domain |
| Status: | Active |
| Registry: | Tusass |
| Sponsor: | Tusass |
| Intendeduse: | Entities connected with Greenland |
| Actualuse: | 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. |
| Restrictions: | None |
| Structure: | Names can be registered directly at second level |
| Website: | www.nic.gl |
| Dnssec: | yes |
.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 [[Google URL Shortener|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]