Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Domain Names : Is GOOGLE a Registrar?

[MISS CHIEVOUS]

I might be confused about this. For some reason I thought they owned NAME.COM . . .

MISS CHIEVOUS

[Energizer Bunny]

Nope if i am not mistaken they like resell for godaddy and stuff. I doubt they have their own domain registration portal.

[BurakUeda]

Nope, it is just Name.com having a campaign partnered with Google.

[PNH-Madih]

I doubt they have their own domain registration portal.

No ,Google is not registrar , I was also thinking yesterday that google is the leader in todays internet market but why it is not registrar ? It is very interesting question.

[Mike - Limestone]

Originally Posted by paynhost

No ,Google is not registrar , I was also thinking yesterday that google is the leader in todays internet market but why it is not registrar ? It is very interesting question.

Doesn't Google derive most of its ad revenue from advertisements?

Registrars seem to be in a very low margin business, and if I can extend out my own experiences to others, purchasers do not likely access their registrars' control panel interfaces too often.

There would not be too much ad revenue for Google to make, I would imagine. Strategic partnerships could be good, but Google seems to have that through Name.com on at least some level.

-mike

[Techno]

Yes, Google is a registrar (see list below) but they do not register names for others. They use the accreditation to get access to registry data to use for internal business purposes (search engine rankings etc...)

http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html

[PNH-Madih]

But interesting question is why there own domain is not self registered?

[Techno]

Originally Posted by paynhost

But interesting question is why there own domain is not self registered?

Because they didn't become a registrar until 2005 and their domain registration doesn't expire until 2011.

[Dan541]

Google is an ICANN accredited registrar it was big news when it happened.

[stub]

Originally Posted by Techno

Yes, Google is a registrar (see list below) but they do not register names for others. They use the accreditation to get access to registry data to use for internal business purposes (search engine rankings etc...)

http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html

Techno is right on the button. And no, they don't own Name.com.

[rony]

Originally Posted by paynhost

But interesting question is why there own domain is not self registered?

Because almost no big company manages there domains themself. They outsource the registering to a company which handles there world wide registrations.

[PNH-Madih]

Because almost no big company manages there domains themself. They outsource the registering to a company which handles there world wide registrations.

I don't think that managing domains is a big problem for organization like Google.

[Dave Zan]

Notice where Google.com is registered:

Domain Name: GOOGLE.COM
Registrar: MARKMONITOR INC.

Then a bit about MarkMonitor:

http://markmonitor.com/solutions

Headquartered in San Francisco, with regional offices and operations centers in London, Boise, Washington, D.C., and the New York metro area, MarkMonitor is the global leader in enterprise brand protection. More than half the Fortune 100 depend on MarkMonitor to help safeguard their brands online.

Google probably sees it as more beneficial to let someone else handle it rather than do it themselves.

[jackpx]

some domains registered by Google

Googlegalactic.com
- Googleuniverse.com
- Googlegalaxy.com
- Googlesolarsytem.com
- Googlesun.com
- Googlemercury.com
- Googlevenus.com
- Googlearth.com
- Googlemoon.com
- Googlemars.com
- Googlejupiter.com
- Googlesaturn.com
- Googleuranus.com
- Googleneptune.com
- Googlepluto.com

Gtaxes.com
- foogleaddon.com
- technicage.com
- googlesecret.com
- logiquate.com
- macroslash.com
- nolimitdvd.com

- gbeam.org
- gbriefcase.org
- gcentral.info
- gmeet.net
- gnoogle.com

- google-gmail.com
- google-labs.com
- google-labs.net
- google-search.com

- googleblog.info
- googlebux.net
- googlecalendar.info
- googlecalendar.net
- googlefinance.com

- googlefind.net
- googlegmail.com
- googlegroups.info
- googlehelp.info
- googlehelp.net
- googlelabs.org
- googlelocal.org
- googlephotos.info

- googleserchengine.com
- googleshopping.com
- googlesms.info
- googlesms.net
- googletv.info
- googleus.com
- googleus.net

- googlewebapis.net
- gsearch.info
- gsend.org
- gshopping.info
- gshopping.net
- gsites.info
- gsites.net

- androidalliance.com
- androidalliance.net
- androidalliance.org
- androiddevice.com
- androiddevice.net
- androiddevice.org
- androiddevices.com
- androiddevices.net
- androiddevices.org
- androidfederation.com
- androidfederation.net
- androidfederation.org

- androidhandset.com
- androidhandset.net
- androidhandset.org
- androidhandsets.com
- androidhandsets.net
- androidhandsets.org
- androidmobile.com
- androidmobile.net
- androidmobile.org
- androidphone.com
- androidphone.net
- androidphone.org
- androidphones.com
- androidphones.net
- androidphones.org
- androidplatform.com
- androidplatform.net
- androidplatform.org
- androidsdk.com
- androidsdk.net
- androidsdk.org
- androidsoftware.com
- androidsoftware.net
- androidsoftware.org
- androidtechnology.com
- androidtechnology.net
- androidtechnology.org



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[01globalnet]

In Google apps they have an option to register a domain if you do not own one. Who is their domain partner?