Google Targets Internet Domains, eWeek, 1 Feb 2005

“Google Inc. is continuing to expand its Internet aspiration, this time by adding the title "domain-name registrar" to its list of roles…So far, Google appears to be less interested in registering new domain names and more interested in using its domain-name role to help its Web search…Google also is testing its own e-mail service, Gmail. While Web-based e-mail providers typically use a single domain, such as gmail.com, for e-mail addresses, others also offer premium services that use specific domain names.�

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