.docs

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Status: Proposed
Type: Generic
Category: Technology
Priority #: 165 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
1282 - Microsoft

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.docs is a proposed generic top level domain name (gTLD) with ICANN's new gTLD expansion program.

Current Applicant

  1. Charleston Road Registry Inc.- The application for the gTLD was confirmed in the official Google blog posted by Vinton Cerf, chief internet evangelist. The proposed .docs TLD falls under Google's core business category. [1] The search engine giant applied for 101 TLDs under this company name. [2]

Previous Applicant

  1. MicrosoftCorporation[3]

Private Deal

In July 2014, Microsoft withdrew their application for the .docs TLD. It is not known if this action was a result of an auction or some other type of private deal, but Google is now the sole applicant for the string.[4]

References