Google Hosting

They cache the web anyway

[JohnRoy]

Since Google has been caching the web for the past couple of years, why don't they offer HOSTING service (with your own URL).

The infrastructure is already there, all they need is start billing.

Any thoughts?

[europeforvisitors]

It's a big step from serving the occasional cached page to serving all of a busy site's daily traffic.

[JohnRoy]

You're correct, but this is why billing takes place.

[goodroi]

The infrastructure is not necessarily there. Yes Google has built a large infrastructure but it was developed for the needs of other projects. They sorta already offer hosting with blogger (free blog hosting), youtube (free video hosting), gmail (free eternal email storage). Personally I don't expect Google to turn into a full service hosting company anytime soon.

[gpilling]

What would you call this?

[google.com...]

Google Apps has domain registration (thru GoDaddy) and will host your pages for free, handle email and miscellaneous other things.

[JohnRoy]

Google Page Creator [pages.google.com] is a free online tool that finally makes it easy for anyone
to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes.

With one click, the pages you create are ready
for your friends, family and the whole world
to see at webmasterworld.googlepages.com

Will they ever remove the limit of hosting on their domain (googlepages) only?