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I blogged about the Google Apps for Your Domain (GAYD) service a while ago, back when it was just Email being offered.

And well, Google has improved this service, yet again. First, I can’t remember when but some time back, they added the Calendar feature to the GAYD. Then they also recently added the ability to use Google Pages for your domain. (100MB free hosting)

If you want to see an example, www.shimadafamily.org is done FULLY (email, calendar, chat, web) with GAYD. I love it, pretty neat huh?

Why am I talking about this all the sudden? Well, they opened some more slots for the beta testers. (I think it’s something like a couple domains are auto accepted into the program for every Google Account). I’ve reached that limit, and my other domains are pending review from Google.

Some features I’d like to see Google implement in their GAYD service is:

• A ’shared’ calendar just for the domain (right now whenever you create a user and they use the calendar they get their own calendar, which is fine, but it’s hard to share between users of the same domain)
• Google Docs & Spreadsheets added to the list of products offered. In addition to that, an easy way to share docs between accounts on the same domain
• More detailed user/permissions management for the domain

Other than those, I’m happy with what they offer now, and actually I’m pretty impressed with it too!

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