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That's because *.google points to 127.0.53.53, aka your loopback device - so the nginx start page is coming from your machine!

   ➜  ~  dig a a.google                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
   
   ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> a a.google
   ;; global options: +cmd
   ;; Got answer:
   ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 32515
   ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

   ;; QUESTION SECTION:
   ;a.google.			IN	A

   ;; ANSWER SECTION:
   a.google.		600	IN	A	127.0.53.53
   
   ;; Query time: 31 msec
   ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.254#53(192.168.1.254)
   ;; WHEN: Wed Apr  1 12:34:27 2015
   ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 42



Oh, it's a loopback domain? Did they register it for the same reason as .dev, purely to avoid reconfiguring their Intranet? :/




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