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Re: Google Domains

#11

Post by tinkerrr »

"No additional cost for private registration" is badly required in the industry, and glad to see Google take the lead.

Also, there should be an option to 301 redirect your blogspot blog to a domain held by Google. Lots of bloggers have outgrown their .blogspot.com blogs.

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#14

Post by rhizome »

Not on your life. Domains simply aren't complicated or expensive enough to think twice about feeding Google's consolidation and analytics game. Perhaps harsh, but come on. Domains.

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#15

Post by laureny »

I'm excited. Not so much by the fact that Google now provides this service (which I may or may not use) but because this is going to put a tremendous amount of pressure on other ISP's, and competition is badly needed in this field.

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#16

Post by pdknsk »

> Use Google Synthetic Records for integration with Google App Engine, subdomain forwarding and Google Apps setup

What is Google Synthetic Records? Google Search doesn't know.

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#18

Post by eli »

Hasn't Google's been a registrar for years? You could register a domain for $10 as part of signing up for Apps at least 2 or 3 years ago.

I guess the new part is they're offering it standalone? Seems like a lead gen effort for AdWords/AdSense more than a serious product.

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