New Domains Registered to Google; New Google "Mashup" Blog
Most of these domains (registered on Wednesday and Thursday AM) relate to the "Google Gears" announcement made at the Google Developer Day yesterday and Google Maps news made at the Where 2.0 conference earlier this week.
Domains
+ googlemashups.org
Note: GoogleMashups.com was registered August 29, 2005. However, it wasn't until yesterday that the domain showed Google Inc. ownership. Previous registrants included a company in Utah and a person in Carlsbad, CA.
+ geargoogle.org
.Com domain registered to someone in Florida.
+ gears-google.com, .org
+ gearsgoogle.org
.Com registered to someone in Ohio
+ google-gears.org
.Com registered to someone in the UK
+ google-mapplets.com., .org
+ google-mashup-editor.com, .org
+ google-mashups.com, .org
+ googlemaplet.com., .org
+ googlemaplets.org
.Com registered to an organization in the Bahamas
+ googlemapplet.org
.Com registered to an organization in the Bahamas
+ googlemashupeditor.com, .org
+ maplets.org
.Com currently registered to a person in Ontario.
+ mapletsgoogle.com, .org
+ mapplet.org
.com registered to a company in California
+ mapplets.org
.com not listed as a Google domain.
+ mappletsgoogle.com, .org
+ mashupeditorgoogle.com, .org
+ mashupsgoogle.com. .org
UPDATE: These domains were also registered to Google on 5/30
geargoogle.net
gears-google.com
gears-google.net
gearsgoogle.net
google-mapplets.com
google-mapplets.net
google-mashup-editor.com
google-mashup-editor.net
google-mashups.com
google-mashups.net
googlemaplet.com
googlemaplet.net
googlemaplets.net
googlemapplet.net
googlemashupeditor.com
googlemashupeditor.net
googlemashups.net
mapletsgoogle.com
mapletsgoogle.net
mappletsgoogle.com
mappletsgoogle.net
mashupeditorgoogle.com
mashupeditorgoogle.net
mashupsgoogle.com
mashupsgoogle.net
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