M Italy passes the Google Tax. In what seems to be a law that violates European Union rules the Italian Senate has passed a law that will require companies to purchase their Internet ads locally. Forbes covered it here From the article: The Italian Senate has now passed the “Google Tax” and Italian lawmakers really do seem to be entirely blind to the fact that this law is illegal under … [Read more...]
Google+ profile links work with bunch of Google domains like Google.me
Google has been rolling out the availability of vanity urls for a little while now. One thing that was picked up by Search Engine Roundtable back in October was the terms. Google actually mentioned they may one day charge a fee. TechWhack.co posted an article yesterday that included this tip: If you have gotten yours, here is a cool tip. You do not need to use it with plus.google.com … [Read more...]
Google Releases Their Transparency Report
Google reported today on their blog that requests from governments to remove content continues to rise. When you read the actual report, Google actually shows a percentage of compliance for each country. For example Google complied in 55 % of court orders from the United States to remove some or all of the requested items. Brazil which surprisingly had the second most court orders had a 46% rate … [Read more...]
Has Google Made Domain Migration Harder ?
Patrick Altoft is the Director of Search at Branded3 and he wrote an article today about Google making it harder to migrate to a new domain. From the article: Changing domains has never been something to be taken lightly but in the past year, Google appears to have made it tougher for brands to carry out a legitimate re-brand, or domain change for other reasons, without suffering catastrophic SEO … [Read more...]
GoDaddy signs its 1st Registry-Registrar Agreement with New gTLD .UNO: Paid Pre-Registrations Start In Nov
According to a press release we just received, Dot Latin LLC announced today that the world’s largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, has signed the Registry-Registrar Agreement for the .UNO domain extension, specifically designed for the Hispanic and Latino communities, worldwide. .UNO is the first global web … [Read more...]
Google Reports Paid Clicks Up 26%; Cost Per Click Down: Has $56 Billion In The Bank: Shares Up + 7%
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The market loved the news sending Google shares up over 7% to an all time high in after hours trading of $957 a share, up $68. For the domain name industry the takeaways are that the number of paid clicks are up again. Way up if you measure by the same quarter of 2012 where paid clicks … [Read more...]
Google’s Registry For New gTLD’s; Charleston Road Registry Launches its Site
Google's Registry for that will be the back end operator for Google's new gTLD strings, CharlestonRoadRegistry.com officially launched their site today (Update I have been informed that this site actually launched on March 29, 2013) "Welcome to Charleston Road Registry, Google’s domain registry. We’re really excited about the domains we’ll soon be able to offer. The Internet has always been … [Read more...]