Google Domain Registration
Google is an ICANN accredited domain registrar now. You can easily register domain names through Google by visiting the URL :
http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html
Why would I want to?
Google offer applications for your domain through ‘Google Apps’. This service has been available since August 2006, with Google recently
adding the opportunity to buy a domain as part of the sign-up process.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/your-easiest-holiday-task.html
Google is providing domain registration through its partners GoDaddy.com
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp and eNom http://www.enom.com/
What does it involve?
The domain registration basically begins with checking the availability of the domain you want to use. Domains are not meant to be bought. Whenever you are registering
for a domain, you are actually ‘renting’ the name for a fixed period of time, often it is considered to be two years.
After you have got control of your domain, you can associate it with your web server so that Internet users can have access to your site. You can also associate it with
your mail server so that you and your users can send and receive email simultaneously.
So, it can be said that Google is offering the chance to purchase your domain and attach free Google services including Google email (‘Gmail’) and online calendars. Your users
will then be able to use these Google services through a web interface that can be branded according to your company.
What are its Advantages? And what are its implications?
It’s a quick, easy and cheap way to set up a feature-rich web domain.
It can be said that Google has taken another big step into the applications market. A new tie-up with Google-operated Blogger (www.blogger.com) is likely. Cheap domain names
should be attractive to bloggers and generally sub domains like blogname.blogginghost.com are cheaper than personal domain names such as www.blogname.com.