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Google Eyes Domain Registration Market

Posted by timothy on from the they-know-what-domains-you've-searched-for dept.

1sockchuck writes "Google is now an ICANN-approved domain name registrar, an intriguing move that could be tied to its blog hosting service, Blogger. Yahoo recently dropped its domain prices to $4.98, as hosting companies use domains as a cheap way to lure customers. Registrar status could allow Google to compete aggressively on price. Bloggers seem to resist paying for hosting, so cheap domains might help Google's plans for world domination."

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  3. Re:Abuse of moderation detected by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am aware that it's part of the comment, because it is not after the little "--" that has traditionally signified the beginning of a comment since before I started using net.news or email. It was pretty weird when I started seeing -- twice before my sig because I had put --
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  4. Re:Stupid Goddamned Mods! by B3ryllium · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Most of the people who could be considered "experienced" moderators have a tendency to disable mod points in their preferences.

    So, rather than having a bar for minimum skill level when moderating, slashdot actually seems to have a bar for MAXIMUM skill level.