G.co

G.Co is the top-level domain URL shortcut for Google, as announced on July 18, 2011.[1] According to Gary Briggs, Google's Vice President of consumer marketing, the .co purchase was to help users of the shortened domain "always end up at a page for a Google product or service."[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Alexia Tsotsis (18 July 2011). "Google Buys G.Co To Create An Official URL Shortcut For Google Products". Tech Crunch. http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/18/google-buys-g-co-to-create-an-official-url-shortcut-for-google-products/. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Elinor Mills (18 July 2011). "Google buys g.co domain". cnet. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20080452-93/google-buys-g.co-domain/#ixzz1SUmCQr4P. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Gary Briggs (18 July 2011). "g.co, the official URL shortcut for Google websites". Official Google Blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/gco-official-url-shortcut-for-google.html. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 

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