Today The Public Interest Registry (“PIR”), the company which runs the .Org registry, announced a Domain “Anti-Abuse Policy”, effective 5 February 2009. In announcing this policy PIR is taking a strong stand…
Month: January 2009
J.P. Morgan: Online Ads Revenue To Continue to Grow, But Lower Keyword Prices Coming
According to a new report by JP Morgan’s Imran KhanWhile, entitled “Nothing But Net”, online ad spending is projected to continue to grow. However the report warns that the contraction of the…
Nielson Releases Search Data For November
Nielson Research released its November search share ratings by provider today. The research shows that Google Year to Year growth was almost 22% while Yahoo search was down 1.5% and Microsoft Search…
China Cracking Down On Google, Baudi & Others For Porn
According to Reuters, China has launched a crackdown on websites, with officials accusing search engines including Baidu and Google of spreading pornography and vulgarity, saying repeat violators and those that had a…
iMode.com Starts the New Years off Selling for $17K at SnapNames.com
While you were trying to get over your hangover on New Years Day, the domain iMode.com sold for $17,001. iMode.com was on our first list of top Snapnames domains. In a couple…
Coming To An Interstate Near You, Pay To Use Public Highways?
Off the topics of domains, but a thought I wrtie about a trend I’m seeing around the US, which may effect everyone of you in the NEAR future, is paying to use…
Browser Wars: Internet Explorer Falls Under 70% Usage
Net Applications released updated global browser market share numbers today, indicating that Internet Explorer is losing users at an accelerated pace. The browser’s share dropped from 69.77% in November to 68.15% in…