Google’s New Official Google Only Short URL: g.co

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Member Login|Be A Member Google’s New Official Google Only Short URL: g.coJul 18, 2011 at 4:22pm ET by Barry Schwartz

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Google announced they have launched a new URL shortener just for official Google use. The new URL is g.co.

Google said this URL will only be used to link to official Google properties, explaining it is reserved “just for Google websites.” Google explained that “you can trust that it will always take you to a Google product or service.”

Back in December 2009, Google launched a URL shortening service at goo.gl for public use. Google said that non-Google properties can be linked to using the goog.gl URL shortener but g.co is only for Google use.

TechCrunch says that single letter .co domains normall run over $1.5 million.

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About The Author: Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here. For more background information on Barry, see his full bio over here. See more articles by Barry Schwartz

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