Google To Topple Baidu With Short Domain Name?

November 2, 2007

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Google To Topple Baidu With Short Domain Name

Someone who’s too weak, lazy, or pressed for time to type eight letters and a period is in serious trouble. But anyone who would rather type eight than three is just silly, and so Google China has unveiled a new domain name: G.cn.
Google To Topple Baidu With Short Domain Name?
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