Get Your Free .in Domain and Hosting from Google

A program, IndiaGetOnline, has been launched by Google India in association with HostGator (a web hosting company) and ICICI Bank. You can easily setup a business website for free with the help of this program.

You only need to go to the website of the program and sign in to register. The program offers you web hosting and .in web domain for free for a period of 12 months.

But the .in domain should be available. The web hosting is managed by Hostgator and .in domain will be registered with you. DNS records will be edited by Hostgator. The site can be moved to a different web host. This can be done for free.

The spammers take an advantage of these free offers. Google India gives a solution for this. It is compulsory for the businesses to give details of their Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN) and Permanent Account Number (PAN) during the registration process. Everybusiness/individual has a separate number which can be availed just once.

An integration is created between your website and Google Apps. The Google products are also accessible such as Google Docs, Google Analytics, Gmail and many more. Couple for Google Adwords worth Rs 2,500 are available for free. You can use these coupons to promote your site onAdSense and Google network websites.
In case the domain has already been purchased, you can still get free web hosting.

You can check out the sites created by ‘India Get Online’ on khoslaprinters.in andvijashiviinternational.in. A large number of web templates is available. Select a template which suits your business. The text and the images can be customized. This creates your website.

Google has not confirmed the amount that has to be paid by businesses for renewal of their website hosting and registration after a period of 12 months. They only mention that the amount will be discounted.

In India, a similar kind of service, Office Live, has been offered by Microsoft for small businesses. This service is replaced by Office 365 which gives less services for website hosting and more information on cloud benefits for your business.