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(ccTLD) in the

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of the

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for

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

Registration

The domain is available for Internet services worldwide and registrations are handled by

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-accredited domain name registrars.

Domain hack

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

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...

. In December 2009,

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released a URL shortener service using the

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goo.gl. The service was shut down on 30 March 2019.

Second-level domains

*.com.gl: Used by commercial businesses or websites operating in or associated with Greenland. *.org.gl: Typically used by non-profit organizations in Greenland. *.net.gl: Often used by internet service providers or networking companies operating in Greenland. *.edu.gl: Reserved for educational institutions in Greenland. *.gov.gl: Used by the Greenland government. *.tr.gl: Unconditional and Undocumented ( Registrar
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Suspension

In April 2013, the registry unilaterally voluntarily suspended resolution of thepiratebay.gl, intended to be a new primary

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for

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search engine

The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay, commonly abbreviated as TPB, is a free searchable online index of Film, movies, music, video games, Pornographic film, pornography and software. Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank , The Pirate Bay facilitates the connection ...

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