According to Internet data firm StatCounter, Microsoft’s Bing search engine had a 9.41% share of the U.S. search market in July, up from 8.23 percent in June. Google’s share of the US…
Month: August 2009
Trademarking Everyday Phrases: Harvard Gets In On The Act
If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I’ve been telling readers that the English language is becoming trademarked, as most dictionary words and all common phrases are pretty much…
LA Times: Domaining is “Shady”
Out of the news yesterday, of the first ever arrest of a person for domain theft, came this gem from the LATimes.com: “”In a strange series of events befitting the shady world…
Greg Ricks Responds To C & D Letter By Filing Suit
The Las Vegas Sun, is reporting that Greg Ricks, known to most in the domain community, filed a suit last week in U.S. District Court for Nevada against a company who sent…
No Trademark For Bing? Bada Bing
According to TechCrunch.com, The Laptop Company, the owner of website bongobing.com, received an extension until October 28, 2009, to oppose Microsoft’s attempt to trademark Bing, with the USPTO. The CEO and co-founder…
comScore: “Forget The Click”; Treat Internet Ads Like TV Ads
Gian Fulgoni, chairman and co-founder of comScore, said at the MediaPost OMMA Metrics & Measurement conference in San Francisco, Calif., Friday that advertisers should “Get rid of the click as the de…
Have Some Extra Cash? You Can Buy iLoveyou.com
The domain, iLoveyou.com is apparently for sale. If you have interest and some extra cash laying around you can grab it for the asking price of just $38 million. Yes its certainly…