Yes deleted my previous post after checking all details. It seems a completely free site with renewal option after first year. I am not sure how
Google is benefited from it though as it seems no ads would be posted and neither would they take any cuts after the first year. So, why the free domain registration by Google if it is managed by
HostGator and would also extended by Hostgator at the customer's request after the first year. Maybe Google is hoping to inform those
business about online advertising too and thereby bringing more Indian businesses to adwords. Interesting and great if that is the though as it might mean more advertisers which is a good thing for us all.
🙂 From the first look, HostGator seems to be first beneficiary. Interestingly, both Hostgator India and Google India are supposedly at Hyderabad too. So, maybe a good and fruitful collaboration too in the long run.
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google is offering the first year for free from what i see. it is not exactly aimed at businesses which have the resources to manage their own websites.
this is largely for small businesses who are mostly duped by 'web developers' and 'web designers'. they can easily create a cheap first site and take it ahead from there.