The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) released the following statement regarding the domain seizures in Kentucky: """"The Internet Commerce Association is aware of the extreme concern of ICA members regarding the action of the Kentucky Attorney General ordering the seizure of 141 gaming related domain names. It appears that there may be no statutory basis for this unprecedented action, that … [Read more...]
EU Looking at Google-Yahoo Deal
The European Union is looking into a planned deal between Google and Yahoo. "In mid-July, we decided to open a preliminary investigation on our own initiative into potential effects of the Google-Yahoo agreement on competition in the European Economic Area (EEA) market," said Jonathan Todd, a spokesman for European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes. Under terms of the deal, first … [Read more...]
TechWorld: Generic Domains Not Important Anymore
Various sources are quoting John Dunn, editor of Techworld, who thinks domains are no longer important. Domains do not make 'a lot of difference now' because most internet use is driven by searches for brand names. "There was a time where it was driven by generic terms, but now people use search," he explained. "Buying a generic domain name is no longer a useful marketing tool for … [Read more...]
SearchEngineWatch: Its Worth Buying a Good Domain Name
In a very interesting post today by Mark Jackson over at SearchEngineWatch.com, he discusses a client who hired him to do SEO work for his site. Mr. Jackson tells the story of how he tried to convience his client it was worth spending $20K on a domain rich in keywords associated with the clients business rather than go with the $7 Godaddy avaliable domain. He points out that when companies buy … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Google
On Sunday Google will be 10 years old. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, with four computers and $100,000 that they received from an investor. Today Google has 20,000 employees and a $150 billion market value. Page and Brin, are now both 35 now and worth nearly $19 billion apiece. A true "Only in America" rags to riches story. And as much as we complain … [Read more...]
Google Chrome Download Available: Is it Bad for Domainers?
The first version of Google's Chrome web browser is out and available for download here: According to a video on how to use the search bar (click on "Watch a video on how to use the address bar."), it appears that the Google has combined the address bar with its search bar, which will suggest results. So for example, if you type in the word flowers into the address/search bar you will have … [Read more...]
New Domain Extensions: Registries Should be Required To Give Trademark Holders Their Domains.
The domain industry got another black eye when Toyota.me became the highest priced .me domain sale, at over 90K. In the next few years there may be hundreds of new extensions (gTLD's) and each one will increase the trademark problem, unless some policy is adopted to head it off. Trademark holders can apply for their domain during the sunrise period of a domain extension launch. Sunrise … [Read more...]