Google has launched a free browser-based web publishing service, Pages. Not to be confused with Apple’s Pages desktop publishing application.

The editing interface shows off the technological capabilities of Google to push the envelope with browser-based applications.

However, the design templates are truly hideous, also to be expected of Google.

Does Google ever hire graphically inclined designers for any of their teams?

Google Pages’ urls are somewhat better than the overly complicated urls Apple rolled out for their iWeb/.Mac sites.

Here is my little google home page.

My question is when will Apple, Google or some other big fish, rollout bring your own domain?

Google has started with Gmail for Domains, and Microsoft is supposed to have something similar with their Live.com service.