Google is officially pulling out of its planned advertising partnership with Yahoo, in the face of a looming antitrust challenge by the government. In a blog post, Google said: "After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to the agreement, it's clear that government regulators and some advertisers continue to have concerns about the agreement. Pressing … [Read more...]

In a Press release, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced today the addition of Hewlett-Packard and InterContinental Hotels as new members. Here is a look at their agenda for 2009: """""CADNA has been working diligently to further international and national policies that combat the practice of cybersquatting, and has gained a reputation as a committed public interest … [Read more...]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting  several major companies are protesting the new gTLD extensions. Verizon Communications, Marriott International and New York Life Insurance are among the companies arguing that the new domain extensions could open the flood gates to Internet fraud and drastically increase their costs of doing business online. "Companies are in a difficult position. In one … [Read more...]

According ot FariWinds Partners Press Release,  FairWinds Partners, a member of CADNA, has been working with Verizon Communications to develop and implement an innovative approach to optimizing Verizon's domain portfolio. """"Verizon's domain name portfolio strategy has enabled cuts of over $1.1million in unnecessary spending while at the same time increasing incoming revenue and the overall … [Read more...]

Their reputations precede them. They stature is recognized around the world. But just like the rest of us, they lose money in a crappy economy. In a report by MSNBC they confirm that Warren Buffett is losing lots of money. So are Kirk Kerkorian, Carl Icahn and Sumner Redstone. They are still plenty rich, but their losses, illustrate how few have been spared in today’s punishing market … [Read more...]

J.P.Morgan reduced its online advertising forecast for the second time in two months. Emphasizing that it hoped it was the last downgrade it would be making for a while, the analysts issued an advisory to investors attributing the downgrade to "further economic deterioration" that is weakening demand from online advertisers. "Since we reduced our estimates on September 4th, we have seen a … [Read more...]

TRAFFIC Down Under will hold a charity auction of ten premium domain names with the revenue to be donated to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). The top ten domains to be auctioned off are (the people or company listed after is the one who generously contributed the domain to the auction): LanzaroteCanaryIslands.com - Kevin J. Sinclair CityChicks.com - Anonymous FreeRangeFoods.com … [Read more...]