A story in the Hollywood Reporter of all places has landed domain name registrar Godaddy.com on the front pages The story talks about the lawsuit that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has against GoDaddy.com for "allegedly trafficking in unauthorized trademarks. The Film Academy (AMPAS) takes issue with GoDaddy's "CashParking" program wherein its customers are allowed to buy a … [Read more...]
Google Updates Adwords To Allow Third Party’s Trademark In Ads Worldwide
Google just posted on its blog, that it is removing all restrictions worldwide regarding use of third party’s trademark as a keyword in ads basically allowing the same conduct which results in a UDRP when domain holders do it on parked domains. "Starting 23 April 2013, keywords that were restricted as a result of a trademark investigation will no longer be restricted in China, Hong Kong, Macau, … [Read more...]
Babble Media Maybe The Big Winner If Google Consolidates All Chat Service As Babble
According to a report in Geek.com, Google is considering a plan to unifying all their messaging platforms into a single service, which is expected to be called Babble. Geek.com says that Google Talk, Hangout, Voice, Messenger, Chat for Drive collaboration, and the Google Talk for G+ will all be rolled into a Babble. On the domain name front, Babble.com … [Read more...]
Report: Google To Open Google Stores By The Holidays: Will They Sell New gTLD’s?
According to 9to5google.com, Google is going to roll out retail stores cross metropolitan areas in the United States ahead of the holidays this year. Google Stores will be used to show off Google’s own brand of products, such as the Nexus lineup of Android smartphones and tablets, as well as Chromebooks. I guess if Google goes ahead with opening retail stores they might as well sell their … [Read more...]
Google Rolls Out Enhanced Campaigns For AdWords
According to a blog post Google is as of "Today we’re upgrading AdWords, by rolling out enhanced campaigns". This is a first step to help you more simply and smartly manage your ad campaigns in today’s multi-device world". Why enhanced campaigns? "People are constantly connected and moving from one device to another to communicate, shop and stay entertained." "In fact, a recent study … [Read more...]