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Google to make money from Google apps for your domain

…and it’s not just via advertising. They’re planning to charge real cash for it. Google Apps for Your Domain is the set of apps that includes Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Page Creator, a start page, and eventually the word processing and spreadsheet apps from Google Docs – all branded and accessible via yourdomain.com. (I’m currently using this for free on the website for my creative and programming solutions company, ideasoutright.com – mainly for Gmail and Google talk)

The service is currently being offered free to businesses during Google Apps’ beta period, but will apparently go live with subscriptions “in the coming weeks,” according to BusinessWeek. How much Google will charge organizations for the service is still uncertain, but the fee will reportedly amount to “a few dollars per person per month.”

There is good news for me (and all those who got to use Google Apps during beta) though, the google apps website states “Organizations accepted by Google during the Google Apps for Your Domain beta period are eligible for free service for their approved beta users even beyond the end of the beta period, as described in the Terms of Service.”

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