so google wants to get into the domain biz
 

what do you guys think about it?
think they will go cheaper than others?


source : the screen savers

to lazy to find an artical about it

i dont know about cheaper, but probably better than most...

they've served us well in the past:
search
email
groups
directory
translations
pdf

i mean, all the power to them :D

They won't need to undercut the business. They're the most trusted name in the internet nowadays and everyone who's clueless will turn to them. They could charge $45 a year like ICANN used to do and still get thousands of followers.

I love google

I would make the switch

http://www.google.com/switch

Jon

likewise

vivency-AdamQ,

Umm not to be off topic...

Are you bored or something? You have posted like all 92 posts in the last 36 hrs...

Jon

reading more about it
they said they are not looking to put others out of biz they are just looking to learn from it to better search results

Just because they are now ICANN accredited it doesn't mean they are getting in the domain business. They might just own 40,000 domains and want to lower their overhead. They are very aware of the value of domain traffic to search engines. That said, they may very well be planning on getting into the registration busines. I'm just saying, we don't know for sure.

ok john kerry :winkwink:

Google has no plans to sell domains
 

Actually, the Register reported that a Google spokeswoman told them that it has no plans to sell any domains at the moment. According to the article, the reason it paid a $2,500 application fee and $6,500 to cover six top-level domains is that it "wants to get a better understanding of the domain name system [and so] increase the quality of our search results". The article goes on to note that "...Amazon did exactly the same thing nearly two years ago. At that time, a March 2003 article in the Wall Street Journal pointed out that the online giant had become a registrar and assumed that it was about to launch a domain name selling business. It set the industry off - but we are still waiting, 47 months later."

You can find the full text here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02...domain_seller/