Just because they are Google does not mean they will have quality support. I have sent multiple emails to them about their listings and all I have managed to get from them was an automated response saying they don't have time to answer my query right now. Even those emails took at least a week to get to me. It might be a good quality service at first but eventually they will fall into the category of webhosts that have a massive customer base and very poor support. I've had nothing but great experiences with ServInt and I don't plan on switching anytime soon.
Well if they never advertised like that then it wouldn't bother me, its just if they used free adwords and search listings at the top which would bother me. Although they own it so they can but it wouldn't be nice. I don't see them ever doing paid services though I see them all free type services for public and paid for advertisers.
I think it's a bad move... the more they make the more indepent companies / people dislike them for taking over what they had... they will soon be known as a dicatorship and less people will like them in a way. (just a theory).
Their webhosting services would probably be the most reliable in the world! If they ever plan to become a webhost, they would certainly make alot of money
I was wondering, if google decided to become a web host would this have a severe impact on other hosting businesses? I mean, they have urchin now, they control the largest search engine on the internet and obviously have a huge impact on the market because of this.
I think it would probably have a larger impact for the bigger hosts, those such as 1and1 and more monopolised providers. I think google (what with its huge public presence) would probably be swamed with customers and ultimatly end up providing a second rate service in terms of support and reliability.