Now that the federal government has gone through its second round of domain seizures, the 1st being in June of this year, the question becomes can domain holders lease or finance the purchase of domains anymore? Over the years we have leased domains, some with an option to purchase and others through a straight lease. Of course we have a written lease agreement we use that attempts to … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
AVN Reports Over 70 Domains Have Been Seized By Homeland Security
The other day we wrote about 9 domain names that were seized by the HomeLand Security Department based on selling or helping the transfer of copyrighted material or selling allegedly fake designer goods Now according to AVN the number of seized domains and sites appear to be closer to 70 than to 9. The seizures which all took place by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)which is … [Read more...]
ThePirateBay.org Appeal Verdict Is In: Less Jail Time; Much More In Fines
A year ago April, the founders of thePirateBay.org were found guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced to jail. Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundstroem were given jail sentences of one year each by a Stockholm district court and were ordered to to pay compensation and damages of 30 million kronor ($3.6 million). Well they appealed the verdict … [Read more...]
While You Were Eating Your Turkey, Homeland Security Was Seizing 9 Domains
Several sources are reporting that Homeland Security has seized domain names associated with peer-to-peer file sharing sites and those that allegedly deal in counterfeit goods. The domain was seized without any prior notification to the domain owner and without going through the court system. The seizures were apparently conducted by a branch of Homeland Security known as ICE. Some of … [Read more...]
OpenDns Vs. Verizon: Now The Hijackers Of Traffic Are Getting Their Traffic Hijacked By Verizon
It wasn't long ago that I wrote about OpenDns and how they were blocking parked domains pages from being served and was replacing them with their own page serving up ads for which they, not the domain owners were getting paid for. Now the shoe is on the other foot as OpenDns is complaining about Verizon, which is now blocking OpenDNS ad pages and serving up Verizon's ad pages. This is a … [Read more...]
Facebook is Thankful To The Trademark Office As They Get Awarded A Trademark On “Face”
According to TechCrunch.com Facebook.com has been awarded a trademark on the word "Face". The trademark is for: "usages in “Telecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users in the field of general interest and concerning social and entertainment subject matter, none primarily featuring or … [Read more...]
Cost Per Clicks Up 13% On Google; 4% On Yahoo: Conversion Rates up 29%: How’s That Working Out For You
I just read an article on MediaPost, on the Holiday Shopping Report for Q4 2010 and got all excited over all the extra money we will be making off of our PPC pages. "On average, consumers spent 20.7% year-over-year in the first half of Q4 2010 and conversion rates rose 28.7%, compared with the same time period in the previous year" The report also said that the cost per click (CPC) … [Read more...]