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Google Local, Definitions, & Registrar

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whole-lotta-the-g-stuff dept.

A few Google bits in the bin this morning starting with Philipp Lenssen writes "Google Local has now moved to the Google homepage. The service, while still in beta, has been around for quite a while as one of many Google tools in the Google labs." Mr. Anonymous noted that "In the past, when you clicked the [definition] link after a Google search, you'd be taken to the Dictionary.com page for the word. Now, Google has jumped aboard GuruNet's Answers.com, which not only provides definitions, but encyclopedia articles, etymology, medical defnitions, legal definitions, and word translations all on one page." And lastly, several folks noted that Google has moved into the Domain Registrar Biz which we mentioned monday.

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  1. Re:I'll buy a Google Domain by chris09876 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I could swear I read somewhere recently that at the moment, Google didn't plan on offering domains for sale. Instead, they were going to use the information they got as a registrar to help their PageRank data. For example, they could reset a domains PageRank when the domain changed hands.

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  2. google betas... by dAzED1 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    there's another google beta product called "gmail."

    I, and many other folks, recently got set to having 50 invites left. While before it was already close to true that anyone that wanted one could find one, it is now REALLY true.

    Seems their "beta" stuff works better than the first, or even second revision of released code from some other company...

  3. Translation... by oliana · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's no Google Local link on my Bork, Bork, Bork! language page.

    I feel slighted.

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  4. Google's 2005 Plans by corporatemutantninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's the inside scoop.

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  5. More breaking Google news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today Pete Smith who is the janitor at the Google offices stubbed his toe as he got out of bed.

    Expert industry analysts agreed that was a significant evolution in Google's services.

  6. Hit Men = Attorneys by waynelorentz · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I put in "Hit Men" in the search box and "Chicago, IL" in the location box it gives me listings for attorneys.

    Looks like it works!

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  7. damn - slashdotted. by flacco · · Score: 5, Funny

    does anyone have a mirror of google they could post?

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  8. google local sux by OglinTatas · · Score: 5, Funny

    I did a search for horny Asian wives in my town, and it found squat.

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