Comments on: Will Google Chrome Hurt the Domain Industry?

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Why the iPad is Bad for Domainers - The Domain Industry's News Source

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:42:53 +0000

[...] Most said no, or very little. But there are certainly threats. In addition to apps, witness Google Chrome’s “one box”, which merges the URL bar with the search [...]

By: S P Arif Sahari Wibowo

S P Arif Sahari Wibowo — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:08:19 +0000

Note that Mozilla SeaMonkey has unified address bar / search box several years ago.

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Google Files Patent for Unified Address Bar/Search Box - The Domain Industry's News Source

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:47:38 +0000

[...] type of unified address bar/search box can be found in Google Chrome, the web browser the company launched last year. The patent filing is a continuation of earlier [...]

By: Samm

Samm — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:18:17 +0000

Hi, I saw this conversation referenced at http://www.SubliminalMessages.Com and think some of you are getting scared for no reason. Yes, direct navigation is nice, but the best part of domaining is the ease of remembering a good name.

I was at a party earlier tonight and it was nice to be able to give someone my website address and know that when he gets home, he will be able to remember it and properly access it. That’s what a good domain is all about. Kinda like a good phone number. Ease of recall — without the need to write anything down.

Sure, there are tons of other advantages too, but, in my opinion, ease of recall is the most valuable. Not much Chrome or any other browser can do to take that away.

By: bernard

bernard — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:20:45 +0000

Type in and typo traffic will be almost down in a few years.

Great !!!

By: jp

jp — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:41:30 +0000

I just installed Chrome on another computer and on my first launch of it, it told me that MSN Live Search was my current search provider, and watned to know if I wanted to change it. I said no. Now when I type stuff into the search/address bar like “blah blah” it does a msn search, not a google search. I was a little suprised. Furthermore you can go to the options and from a drop down you can select from other search providers, such as Yahoo, and so on.

I will say, along with everyone else I am skeptical. I don’t trust google, and google doesn’t trust me (or anyone else for that matter). That is the breeding ground for a bad business relationship, however I havn’t identified any specific glaring issues with Chrome yet. On the surface they appear to be playing fair to me, but I am sure they are getting lots of valuable data from this new browser app, and I just hope that this new data causes them to take actions that also benefit domainers.

Am I missing something here?

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Could Google Chrome Actually Be Good for Domainers? - The Domain Industry's News Source

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:13:44 +0000

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