According to the data provider HitWise Google’s share of U.S. Internet searches rose 1.4% in November to 71.6%, Yahoo’s U.S. search share fell 4.6% to 15.4%. Bing’s search share also slipped 2.4%…
Month: December 2009
A Test To Trick Search Engines Convinces A Credit Union To Buy More Domains
According to story in the AP, a new study by security researcher Jim Stickley shows how even search engines can get tricked into ranking phishing sites. “Stickley created a Web site purporting…
CNN.com Invests Millions In A .IN
According to reports CNN.com is investing in Outside.In, a start-up that feeds neighborhood blogs and other local news and information to sites of newspapers, TV stations and other media. Also CNN.com, plans…
12 Three Number .Mobi’s Are Dropping Tomorrow
It’s pretty unusual to see three number domains dropping, but tomorrow it looks like there are at least 12 three number .mobi doing just that. I’m not big on .mobi but I…
Making New Law? WIPO Decision On DotHomes.com: “A Trademark By Itself Is Not Enough” If A Domain Is Used For A Site Rather Than A Parked Page
In another example where WIPO panels seem to be making new law, given different legal rights to domain holders that park their domain rather than developed them, we have the case of…
2GoMedia Acquires 7,500 .Travel Domains & Plans To Build Out A Real Estate Network Around Them
2Go Media, a Ft. Lauderdale company announced today probably the biggest investment to date in the .travel domain space. The company, announced today: “It has acquired the largest real estate domain name…
Google Files Suit Against Sites and Domains Promoting “Making Money With Google”
I’m sure you have received spam advertising promoting programs that promise that you can make money at home using Google Adsense. Yesterday, Google filed a federal lawsuit in district court in Utah,…