G.co explained
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Google Buys G.Co To Create An Official URL Shortcut For Google Products . Alexia Tsotsis . Tech Crunch. 18 July 2011 . 18 July 2011.
- Web site: Google buys g.co domain . Elinor Mills . cnet. 18 July 2011 . 18 July 2011.
- Web site: g.co, the official URL shortcut for Google websites . Gary Briggs . Official Google Blog. 18 July 2011 . 18 July 2011.