According to a blog post om sex.ie, the registry for .ie (ireland) country code, refuses to allow the registration of the domains porn.ie or pornography.ie on the basis of morality. The author of the post claims he has been trying to register the domains for about four years. but each time the registry for the .ie extension, the Irish Domain Registry (IEDR) refuses his application because "the … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2009
Richard Branson Is Calling All Entrepreneurs To Pitch TV
Today, Richard Branson announced on his blog that he was holding a contest, where entrepreneurs can submit a 2 minute video pitching their idea, and every month he will select 5 winners who will have their video presented on Virgin Atlantic flights where it can be seen not by Richard, but by all those who fly on the airlines, including many successful businessmen. Cool idea, only problem is … [Read more...]
Google Starts $100 Million Dollar Venture Captial Fund
Google announced today on it's company blog that is was launching a $100 Million venture capital fund, "to support innovation and encourage promising new technology companies." The fund will be run by managing partners William Maris, a former entrepreneur, and Rich Miner, a former executive in its mobile unit. The partners said there would be very few companies within the fund's core sectors … [Read more...]
New Jersey Attorney General Wants To Regulate FaceBook.com, MySpace.com
New Jersey lawmakers are considering new legislation, entitled the "Social Networking Site Safety Act", that would require Facebook, MySpace and others social networking sites to police every post to determine if it is "offensive". Under the proposed law social networking sites would face potential consumer fraud lawsuits if they failed to take down an offensive post. The bill's definition … [Read more...]
Vertical Axis Wins WIPO On ParkRoyal.com, Despite Trademark: A Great Win For Domainers
In a 3 person panel decision, a WIPO panel denied the complaint of Parkroyal Hospitality Management Pte Ltd. of Singapore, over the domain ParkRoyal.com. What makes this case noteworthy is that the Complainant, owed the trademark "PARKROYAL" since 2002 and has "47 trademark registrations for PARKROYAL in 15 different countries around the world." The Complaint operates hotels by under this … [Read more...]
Online Advertising Growth Slows, But PPC Is Getting A Bigger Chunk
According to a report released yesterday, by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers, online advertising last year reached $23.4 billion, with the 4th quarter total of $6.1 billion up 2.6% from the 4th quarter of 2007. The 2.6% increase in 4th quarter ad revenue, was the smallest since 2002. The 51% of total online ad dollars spent during the second half of 2008 was also … [Read more...]
TechCrunch See’s Huge Value In Very Short Domains
A blog post yesterday in Tech Crunch, asks the question of how valuable short URL's are, based on a Twitter society where shorter is not only better, but necessary. The post pointed out the fact that bit.ly just got $2 million dollars in for 20% of the company, placing a value on the company of $8 million. """"In a world where everything is being jammed into 140 characters or less, shorter … [Read more...]