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Google reveals it got Chromebox.com via secret intermediary, launch imminent?

Post author By J.B.
Post date September 26, 2011
1 Comment on Google reveals it got Chromebox.com via secret intermediary, launch imminent?

Google officially launched its Chrome OS laptops called Chromebooks on June 15, but there is still no official release date for its desktop version of the Chrome OS called Chromebox announced back in May. Though Google did acquire several related domain names around Chromebook and Chromebox around the same time as Google I/O 2011, one name it didn’t own was Chromebox.com.

According to Whois records, Google acquired the domain Chromebox.com through MarkMonitor’s secret shell company Brand Certified Inc in August (price unknown). Then on September 23, 2011, the registrant information was updated on Chromebox.com, revealing Google as the owner.

Is the update to the Whois record and transfer to Google’s domain servers a sign of an imminent launch?

Here’s a look at the Whois record.

Registrant:
        DNS Admin
        Google Inc.
        1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
         Mountain View CA 94043
        US

    Domain Name: chromebox.com

Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com

    Administrative Contact:
        DNS Admin
        Google Inc.
        1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
         Mountain View CA 94043
        US

    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
        DNS Admin
        Google Inc.
        1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
         Mountain View CA 94043
        US

    Created on…………..: 2003-05-17.
    Expires on…………..: 2013-06-01.
    Record last updated on..: 2011-09-23.

Domain servers in listed order:

    ns2.google.com
    ns3.google.com
    ns4.google.com
    ns1.google.com

Image Credit: Engadget

Tags Brand Certified, Chromebox, google, Google Chromebox, Google Domains, Samsung Chromebox

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Google registers three dozen ‘Google Analytics’ typo domain names

Post author By J.B.
Post date September 16, 2011

Google has acquired over three dozen hyphenated misspellings of its popular ‘Google Analytics’ domain name, ranging from woogle-analytics.com to goofle-analytics.com.

The domains were all purchased on September 14, 2011 through the registrar MarkMonitor. Below is the list of names:

coogle-analytics.com
foogle-analytics.com
gkogle-analytics.com
gnogle-analytics.com
gokgle-analytics.com
goocle-analytics.com
goofle-analytics.com
googhe-analytics.com
googla-analytics.com
googld-analytics.com
google-ajalytics.com
google-anahytics.com
google-anal9tics.com
google-analxtics.com
google-analy4ics.com
google-analydics.com
google-analypics.com
google-analythcs.com
google-analytibs.com
google-analytic3.com
google-analyticc.com
google-analyticr.com
google-analyticw.com
google-analytiss.com
google-analytmcs.com
google-analyuics.com
google-anamytics.com
google-anelytics.com
google-anqlytics.com
google-aoalytics.com
google-enalytics.com
google-qnalytics.com
googlu-analytics.com
googme-analytics.com
goowle-analytics.com
woogle-analytics.com

Tags google, Google Analytics, Google Domains, typos

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Google registers a slew of API, Third Party and Untrusted Content domains

Post author By J.B.
Post date September 13, 2011

Recently there has been some news about a delay in Google releasing the Google+ API (application programming interface) to developers, unless you happen to be a “Trusted Tester”, then the wait may be days instead of months.

Now just days after the blog activity, Google has gone ahead and registered several domains related to APIs, third party content, and untrusted content.

The domains include web addresses such as GoogleAPIscontent.com, GoogleThirdParties.com, and GoogleUntrusted.com.

Here’s a look at the full list of domain names.

I’m not sure these registrations mean anything more than Google purchasing names as part of their IP strategy or whether information will be published to any of them online. At the time of this story, none of the URLs resolve to a website.

Tags google, Google API Content, Google Domains, Google Third Party Content, Google Untrusted Content, Google+ API

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Google acquires One World Many Stories domain for an unknown project

Post author By J.B.
Post date September 11, 2011
1 Comment on Google acquires One World Many Stories domain for an unknown project

While Google regularly acquires domain names with ‘Google’ in them, the company occasionally purchases other domains that have no direct tie to the company’s products.

That’s what happened earlier this month when OneWorldManyStories.com changed owners from the magical ventriloquist Steve Taylor to the search engine giant Google Inc.

Google hasn’t announced any plans for the web address, but it already has plenty of names it owns that sit unused. So this is yet another domain that may end up collecting dust.

For those of you wondering who Steve Taylor is, he’s a magical ventriloquist who helps motivate young people to read and hosts The “One World – Many Stories” Magic & Ventriloquism Show! with Rudy O’Riley. According to Steve’s website found at stevetaylorpro.com, he has been performing since the age of twelve and his summer shows have been sold out for the past fifteen years.

It appears the domain name may have expired, and then was acquired by Google through MarkMonitor. I’ve reached out to Steve Taylor to find out more information.

Here’s a look at the updated Whois record.

Registrant:
        DNS Admin
        Google Inc.
        1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
         Mountain View CA 94043
        US
         +1.6502530000 Fax: +1.6502530001

Domain Name: oneworldmanystories.com

        Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
        Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
        Registrar Homepage: http://www. markmonitor.com

    Administrative Contact:
        DNS Admin
        Google Inc.
        1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
         Mountain View CA 94043
        US

    Created on…………..: 2011-09-07.
    Expires on…………..: 2013-09-07.
    Record last updated on..: 2011-09-07.

Domain servers in listed order:

    ns4.google.com
    ns2.google.com
    ns3.google.com
    ns1.google.com

Tags google, Google Domains, One World Many Stories, OneWorldManyStories.com, Steve Taylor

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Why did Google buy Howtogomo.com?

Post author By J.B.
Post date September 3, 2011
3 Comments on Why did Google buy Howtogomo.com?

Google went off and purchased the domain names Howtogomo.com, Howtogomo.net, and Howtogomo.org this week.

I have no clue what to expect with these registrations, but I can imagine it may be another Google marketing campaign to convince people to use one of its products as it did with the web address EmailIntervention.com.

The “Email Intervention” campaign (pictured above) went live in late July in an attempt by Google to attract more users to Gmail. To date, almost 800,000 interventions have been sent according to the home page.

Maybe “GOMO” refers to “Get over it, Move on” and will be used somehow to draw new users to its Google+ social networking service.

Who knows?

All three domain names were registered on September 1, 2011.

http://whois.domaintools.com/howtogomo.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/howtogomo.net
http://whois.domaintools.com/howtogomo.org

Tags Get over it move on, google, Google Domains, How to Gomo, Howtogomo.com