A 30-year-old Web designer briefly owned Google Argentina’s area title legally for a paltry sum of ARS 270 (Argentine pesos, roughly Rs. 215) when the location was down for almost two hours within the nation, and he stated he couldn’t imagine “what had just happened”. Anxious that one thing would possibly occur to him, he quickly tweeted about it to make clear how the occasions had unfolded, a media report stated. Nicolas Kurona instructed the BBC that final week he acquired many messages that the search engine was down. On verifying, he discovered that it truly wasn’t working.

He said that he was working at his desk on the outskirts of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, designing an internet site for a consumer, when he began receiving the messages on WhatsApp that Google’s web site was down. When he tried to enter www.google.com.ar, it did not work.

Thinking that “something strange” was taking place, he determined to test with the Network Information Center (NIC), Argentina. On its web site, he looked for Google and surprisingly discovered that the corporate’s Argentina area was accessible for buy. Uncertain it could work, he adopted the steps to purchase the area, and when the method was accomplished, he acquired a purchase order bill for ARS 270 on his e mail. Nicolas shared the bill with BBC. Nicholas stated he had no unhealthy intention, he simply tried to purchase the area and the NIC allowed it. He additionally put up a tweet in Spanish, clarifying what had occurred. Translated into English, the tweet states, “I want to clarify that I entered http://nic.ar. I saw the name of http://google.com.ar was available and legally bought it!”

The tweet received 80,000 likes however Nicholas says he’s but to obtain again the cash he spent on buying the area, the BBS report stated.

Google Argentina confirmed the information, saying that its area was acquired by another person “for a short term” however the management was regained shortly. It’s nonetheless unclear why Google’s area title was accessible for buy, however the firm stated it was investigating the matter.