Google to Offer Domain Registration

Google has teamed up with two Internet registrars to offer its users low-cost domain registration for the .com, .net, .org, or .info suffixes. For $10 per year, the name would be registered through either GoDaddy.com or eNom, and Google would do all the configuration work. The offering would be made part of Google Apps for Your Domain, a service introduced by the Mountain View, Calif. company in August of this year.

That service includes the e-mail service Gmail, a Web-based version of its Google Talk software, Google Calendar, and Google Page Creator, a Web site design application. All services are given away for free during the beta period. Analysts say Google's moves clearly position it be a direct competitor of Microsoft in the business software industry.