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Google Acquires G.co Domain

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the letters-are-money dept.

dkd903 writes "Google has announced that they have acquired a new domain – g.co. They said, 'We’ll only use g.co to send you to webpages that are owned by Google, and only we can create g.co shortcuts. That means you can visit a g.co shortcut confident you will always end up at a page for a Google product or service. There's no need to fret about the fate of goo.gl; we like it as much as you do, and nothing is changing on that front.'"

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  1. This is indeed news by Idimmu+Xul · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please keep me updated on other domains Google buy, you've just made my day better.

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  2. Re:URL shorteners, a solution looking for a proble by RussellSHarris · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=42+St+-+Port+Authority+Bus+Terminal+%4040.757308,-73.989735&daddr=350+5th+Avenue,+New+York,+NY+10118+(Empire+State+Building)&hl=en&ll=40.75267,-73.987169&spn=0.009899,0.016158&sll=40.752459,-73.987169&sspn=0.009899,0.016158&geocode=FTzobQIdmQGX-w%3BFUvGbQIdERKX-yFzdY-mZOGFkSlpdBGzqVnCiTEsrLWKpFygrA&mra=ls&dirflg=w&z=16

    is much better than

    http://tinyurl.com/3e38b5d

    1) In the former, I know what I'm clicking on at a glance: Google Maps.
    1.5) I can also get a general idea of where in Google Maps it points.
    2) Infinitely many such long links exist; not so with the short ones.
    3) The long one can be shown as maps.google.com/maps?...