SEOMike - 7:15 pm on Feb 7, 2005 (gmt 0)

It may be that Google is positioning itself to host small business "storefronts"

That's the only real conclusion I could come up with when I found out they had become a registrar. With MSN chasing them down, I think they probably want do diversify a little bit. If MSN search takes over, Google has no other source of income (aside from providing "information") and that's not a good plan for the long term.

I could definately see an "Ecommerce powered by Google" in the future.

My sources at Google won't comment... of course :)