Google
has paid Sanmay Ved, the man who owned Google.com for a minute, $ 6,006.13
(about Rs 4.07 lakh) and later doubled the amount when he donated his reward to
charity.
In September last year, the ex-Googler, while
searching Google Domains, found that Google.com (domain name) was available for
purchase. He bought the domain for $12 and gained access to its webmaster tools
before Google cancelled the sale.
“You may have read about Sanmay Ved, a researcher
who was able to buy Google.com for one minute on Google Domains. Our initial
financial reward to Sanmay – $6,006.13 – spelled-out Google, numerically
(squint a little and you’ll see it!). We then doubled this amount when Sanmay
donated his reward to charity,” Google said in a blog post.
Ved, in a post on LinkedIn, had said he chose his
award to be donated to the Art of Living’s education programme which runs 404
free schools across 18 states in India, providing free education to more than
39,200 children living in slums, tribal and rural belts where child labour and
poverty are widespread.
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