Many companies register domain names for new businesses they may launch and to protect them from others who may launch sites with their brand followed by the word "sucks," etc.

So you shouldn’t be surprised that Google is like many other companies in this respect. What may surprise you however is just how many domain names the company has registered.

Royal Pingdom has had a chance to investigate the .com domain names Google owns. Keep in mind this list is just some of the names the company owns:

• 30dayfitness.com
• bayareaburritos.com
• donationcard.com
• essentialmommy.com
• greengardengifts.com
• mariolovespasta.com
• thesecretofburritos.com
• bayareaburritos.com
• donationcard.com
• essentialmommy.com
• greengardengifts.com
• mariolovespasta.com
• thesecretofburritos.com
• 1p0g0og1e.com
• az-on-url-je.com
• goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com
• google4kids.com
• googlebackups.com
• googleauction.com
• googlebroadband.com