TechCrunch.com published a post today on the domain name MobileApps.com which the owner is selling for a cool million plus. According to the story the owner already has a possible buy which is " a big company (and I mean big)". The Seller went on to say "“One broker is speaking to [redacted] and they have expressed interest despite us telling them it is a 7-figure offer that we are looking … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
UDRP On CloudProvider.com Rejected Even Without A Response By The Domain Holder
A UDRP claim was rejected today on the domain name CloudProvider.com The claim was so bad the one person panel rejected it even in absence of a response by the domain holder. The complainant was XXL Webhosting B.V of Leeuwarden, Netherlands. The complainant didn't have a registered trademark on the generic term, but they did own several similar domains; cloudprovider.nl, cloudprovider.eu … [Read more...]
Federal Judge Rules Poker Is a Game Of Skill & Doesn’t Violate Gambling Laws
A federal Court has just ruled that Poker is a game of skill rather than luck opening the door to a huge change in the treatment of Internet gambling in the US The case UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vs. LAWRENCE DICRISTINA was decided by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York The case seemed to turn on the testimony of Randal D. Heeb, "a respected economist, … [Read more...]
UK Study: Paid Search (PPC) Accounts For Only 6% of Total Clicks
According to research from GroupM UK carried out with Nielsen which was published by econsultancy.com, "paid search only accounts for 6% of total clicks from search engines versus natural search at 94% of clicks". "The research, based on 28m people in the UK, making a total of 1.4bn search queries during June 2011, is the first in the UK to reveal click through rate (CTR) by natural search … [Read more...]
Google Ads Planner Changes Go Into Effect On September 5th & They Don’t Sound Good
According to SearchEngineWatch.com, Google Ad Planner customers have been receiving email notifications that changes are coming to the tool September 5. Including that users will no longer be able to research domains or ad placements that are not part of the Google Display Network. Demographic data is being reduced. Users will no longer have access to Keywords Searched For, Videos Also … [Read more...]
Class Action Lawfirm “Investigating” Demand Media, Inc. To See If It “Violated Securities Laws”
According to a press release, a class action lawfirm, Branham Law, LLP, "announced today it is investigating Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) to determine whether it has violated securities laws by issuing false and misleading statements to its shareholders." "This investigation is a result of disclosures made about changes to Google’s search engine methodologies that have significantly reduced … [Read more...]
Google Granted Patent To Modify SEO Results Based On “Spamming Techniques”
According to a post in seobythesea.com, Google was granted a patent last week, which describes several ways how search results might be reordered based upon “rank-modifying spamming techniques,” may involve techniques such as: Keyword stuffing, Invisible text, Tiny text, Page redirects, Meta tags stuffing, and Link-based manipulation. The patent is: Ranking documents Invented … [Read more...]