I just tried for 10 minutes to get an unused application identifier that would make sense for the new example app. Adding insult to injury, every single supposedly taken ID I tried to access via the <appID>.appspot.com URL was a 404. Perhaps there is a bit of squatting going on?
Yeah you can map to domain name, but it makes writing tutorials that much more of a pain 
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3 comments
October 24, 2009 at 11:25 am
Nick Johnson
It’s not squatting – App Engine shares its namespace with gmail, so the names you tried were probably in use as gmail accounts.
October 24, 2009 at 7:01 pm
delagoya
Makes sense. But really I don’t remember having this much trouble a few months back when I made other app IDs.
October 24, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Mat Schaffer
Sounds like we need to ask Matt to point domain pigeon at app engine now too