Is Google set to become the world's largest web hosting company?

Google's Blogger was hit by massive spam and resulting massive criticism this weekend. They've responded to this in the last couple of posts of their blog; Blogger Buzz.

They've also asked users of Blogspot to send suggestions their way as to what features they would most like to see added to Blogger. What's most exciting about this, is their suggestion of a feature which would let Bloggers use a custom domain name with their Blog*Spot blog.

This could mean we are one step closer to Google becoming the world's largest web hosting and domain name registration company. I believe this will be a big aspect of their diversification strategy in the near future.

For the scoop on this, see: Google: the world's largest web hosting company



See also the future of Google's Blogger, Google's Blog Search, and Google's Acquisitions: Who's Next?.