[cdstyh]

Google should switch to https://google/

They already own the .google tld and you don't even need a subdomain. See http://ai/

[paulgb]

It makes me irrationally happy to see that what must be one of the most sought-after domains resolves to a 90s web aesthetic site promoting beaches and fresh air.

[beaconstudios]

... and the use of said country as a tax haven!

Having said that, I do like the website though.

[BossingAround]

Given how many people can't resolve http://ai or http://ai., there's your answer as to why they shouldn't switch to that.

[nacs]

Neither of those URLs work for me (DNS doesn't resolve).

[zamadatix]

https://google. isn't supposed to work, for ai try http://ai./ instead.

[arthurcolle]

use a better dns resolver

[judge2020]

IIRC some gTLD rule prohibits non-NS records from being applied to root zones like this (ccTLDs not having this requirement obviously). I'll look for it.

[re]

I found some references:

* https://features.icann.org/dotless-domains

* https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/new-gtld-dotl...

[msdrigg]

Then whats happening with the domain http://ai/ mentioned in another comment?

[encryptluks2]

I can't get the http://ai/ domain to resolve.

[re]

Works for me, but you might need to add a period, depending on the specifics of your DNS configuration: http://ai./

[nszceta]

>>> What happened to Vince Cate? <<<

If you can get ai to resolve, click on the URL at the bottom of the page which takes you to http://offshore.ai/vince/

[Wowfunhappy]

Same here.

> This site can’t be reachedCheck if there is a typo in ai. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

[Operyl]

http://ai itself didn’t resolve in mobile safari here, though, so it seems like it’d be a bit broken in some environments.

[bostondavidvc]

If you have a few minutes, you could file a bug here: https://webkit.org/reporting-bugs/ and potentially get it in front of Safari's networking team.

[judge2020]

http://ai./

[fotta]

resolves for me on iOS 14 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’m using NextDNS, if it matters

[koolba]

That’s the coolest URL I’ve ever seen.

[SevenSigs]

https should be the default so it could get better

[amelius]

Typing "google.com" in my url bar is way easier than typing "https://google". And typing just "google" results in a DDG search.

[jfrunyon]

Try `google/` (well, it doesn't actually exist, but at least in Firefox/Chrome you can see that it will treat it as a URL instead of a search)

[55555]

unfortunately Google doesn't seem to index http://ai/

[spicybright]

So we're going back to AOL keywords?

I'm actually ok with that.