Search Briefs: Expansion: Google Apps for Your Domain & a Look at Microsoft Provides; No More Yahoo Blog Search for Now; Flickr Adds GeoTagging
+ Google offers hosted communications apps (via News.com)
This is an extension of the Gmail for Your Domain service that was launched last month.
Notes:
1) Services provided include Gmail with 2 gigabytes of storage, Google Calendar, Google Talk and Page Creator
2) No word if the 2 gigabyte storage limit increases as the free Gmail storage limit increases.
3) You have to register for this beta and THEN will be notified when it becomes available. Google writes, "We'll review the information you submit and contact you if we select your domain for this beta test. If selected..."
4) No timeline as to how long it will take to review is provided.
5) Google notes that customer service will be provided by email or an "online" help center but makes no mention of phone support.
6) From an email:organizations that sign up during the beta period will not ever have to pay for users accepted during that period (provided Google continues to offer the service).
7) From what we can guess, this is an English language service at the present time.
8) A premium version with support and additional storage will be provided by the end of the year. No more info about the service is available.
Don't Forget Microsoft
These new services are once again another Google attack on Microsoft. For many months Microsoft has offered MS Office Live. Both free and fee based services. Office Live offers several services including:
1) Free, Office Live Basics (beta that will remain free after the beta)
++ Microsoft will register for you any domain you choose (assuming it's available, at no charge to you) and then allows you to use different Office services
++ 5 personalized e-mail accounts (2 GB storage)
++ File transfer and storage
++ Web site traffic analysis
++ One-on-one e-mail support
2) Microsoft also offers (free during beta, $29.95 after beta) two other services.
++ This chart makes it easy to compare what all three services provide. For example, the fee-based services (after beta) offer more than 20 business apps and provide telephone support.
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