g.co

{{Short description|URL shortener used by Google for its websites}}

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g.co is the top-level domain URL shortcut for Google, as announced on July 18, 2011.{{cite web| url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/18/google-buys-g-co-to-create-an-official-url-shortcut-for-google-products/ | title=Google Buys G.Co To Create An Official URL Shortcut For Google Products | author=Alexia Tsotsis | publisher=Tech Crunch| accessdate=18 July 2011 | date=18 July 2011}} According to Gary Briggs, Google's Vice President of consumer marketing, the .co purchase was to help users of the shortened domain, "always end up at a page for a Google product or service."{{cite web| url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-buys-g-co-domain/ | title=Google buys g.co domain | author=Elinor Mills | publisher=cnet| accessdate=18 July 2011 | date=18 July 2011}}{{cite web| url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/gco-official-url-shortcut-for-google.html | title=g.co, the official URL shortcut for Google websites | author=Gary Briggs | publisher=Official Google Blog| accessdate=18 July 2011 | date=18 July 2011}}