Randy Pickard made a guest post on Search Engine Land that took a look at all the counterfeiters buying ads on Google that trick consumers into buying knock off goods. The article looked at a few categories, one being prom dresses. From the article: Among the websites buying AdWords sponsored ads for [prom dress] related terms, approximately half of these websites are filled with … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Yahoo Set To Launch Their Answer To You Tube
AdAge did an article on the launch of the Yahoo answer to You Tube. One of the selling points to publishers seems to be a revenue split higher than what Google offers You Tube publishers. Exclusivity will also not be required so content creators can be utilizing both sites. One point of contention centered on content ownership. In contracts presented to creators, Yahoo stipulated that Yahoo would … [Read more...]
Shocker: Rick Schwartz Now Owns More New gTLD’s Domains Than I Do
On the Live Domain Sherpa show from TRAFFIC in Las Vegas, Rick Schwartz let the world know that he went on a buying binge with regards to new gTLD domains the past few days and now actually owns more new gTLD domains than I do. As we sit today, my company Worldwide Media, Inc. owns 455 new gTLD domain names. Mr. Schwartz who is a fellow Domain Sherpa, told the attendees at TRAFFIC that he … [Read more...]
TechCrunch.com Covers One Applicant For .Art
We haven't seen Techcrunch.com cover the new gTLD program very much but today they did and picked out a story surrounding one applicant for .Art, deviantART The TechCrunch article covers the letter sent to ICANN by deviantART’s as to why it deserves a “community designation” in the application process, saying: “We are on the cusp of an extraordinary opportunity with the simple use of a … [Read more...]
One Site Owner Wants to Trade His .Com for a .Link
Switching from a .com to a .link Jean Guillon runs newsgtlds.com and he wrote about wanting to change to a .link on gtld.club. From the article: This is one question that I have at the moment Prior to the first new domain name launchings, I had created a website entitled NEWSgTLDs.com to inform about new generic Top-Level Domains. New domain names didn’t exist yet so I had to find a … [Read more...]
15 Year Old Generic Kaleidoscope.com Hit With A UDRP
The domain name Kaleidoscope.com, about a generic as a term as you can get, was just hit with a UDRP. The domain is owned by Xedoc Holding SA., who has owned the domain since at least 2001 and maybe as far back as 1999 Of course the term has its own Wikipedia entry. The company who filed the complaint is not yet … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Review Journal Covers .Vegas; The City Is Getting $4 a Domain & Expects $250K In Revenue A Year
.Vegas gets a big boost up in A story published by the Las Vegas Review Journal entitled "New .vegas domain could transform online marketing." Interestedly in the article, Bill Arent the Director of the Las Vegas Office of Economic and Urban Development" is quoted as saying: ""Las Vegas will reap financial rewards from that pioneer status. Dot Vegas will share 10 percent of all .Vegas … [Read more...]