Is this really necessary? I use Chrome, and can just type my search in the URL bar and go? I'm pretty sure Firefox has this same feature. On top of all that, if you go to http://www.google.com/ and just start typing, it will start your search. This site just seems like a waste with so many other (quicker) routes that are available. I don't see any value in this. Am I missing something?
What I really like when typing in the URL bar is that it looks for what I'm typing in my history, bookmarks, etc. This way my productivity when opening a website is greatly improved. By example, t opens a new tab (vimium), I then hit n and it instantly selects news.ycombinator.com because it starts by n, then enter. Or m for mail.google.com, d for docs.google.com, etc.
I will add, however, that the domain is neat and could be used in other creative ways than just a "bad shortcut" (as I explained above). Unless, again, I'm missing something with it's current functionality.
Originally I hoped to somehow hack the instant preview into it (then it would be nice for those who prefer a Huge Search Area instead of a tiny search bar), but then I found google used some methods to prevent you from doing this. For example, no chance of iframe.
The future plan could be to get rid of useless stuffs in google and google search results as much as one could, though this must be against their terms.
We cannot approve the use of Internet domain names that use the word “Google” or some variation of “Google”. For example, we would not approve a site called googleXYZ.com or gogggles.com.
Google does seem to be a bit lax about it nowadays, compared to a few years back.
Tip: if you want to use base64 for URLs, you can remove any trailing =s and add them back in yourself by inspecting the length (they're just padding) for prettier URLs.
From the name, I was expecting a hack to take away the "Search" page, leaving the rest intact. Less useful, but that would be a more interesting statement on perceived bloat in Google.
