G.co
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G.Co is the top-level domain
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, as announced on July 18, 2011. 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."
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, as announced on July 18, 2011. According to Gary Briggs, Google's Vice President of consumer marketing, the .co
.co
.co is the country code top-level domain assigned to the Republic of Colombia. It is administered by .CO Internet S.A.S., a strategic venture formed between Arcelandia S.A. and Neustar, Inc...
purchase was to help users of the shortened domain "always end up at a page for a Google product or service."