Icann published some "updates" on the new gTLD's """""ICANN continues to develop potential implementation models of the GNSO Policy recommendations for the introduction of New gTLDs. Auctions - ICANN is considering the use of auctions as a tie-breaking mechanism within the new gTLD process, in some cases where there is more than one qualified applicant for the same TLD string. ICANN is … [Read more...]
US to Top World Mobile Web Usage For First Time
After years of lagging behind European countries, the U.S. is poised to take the top spot for mobile Web usage by month's end, according to data collected by technology firm Bango, which provides mobile Internet access platforms to 100,000 Web sites worldwide. Bango reported in July that the U.K. was the top ranked country in mobile Web usage, accounting for almost 19.4 percent of the worldwide … [Read more...]
Google to Provide Verizon Search?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon Communications Inc. is nearing an agreement with Google Inc. on a wide-ranging partnership, including providing Verizon mobile search results. The deal under discussion, which would make Google the default search provider on Verizon devices and give Verizon a share of ad revenue, According to the Journal the deal isn't yet final and negotiations … [Read more...]
Jamaica Becomes Second Country to Protect Olympic Winners Domains.
Last week China announced that they would block attempted .cn registrations of Olympic winners. Today the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office, which is the government copyright body, announced that they would attempt to block the sales of .com domains of Olympic winning Jamaican Athletes. The athletes include Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown. The domain UsainBolt.com was at … [Read more...]
We Don’t Get it that They “Don’t Get It”
Over the last few years many discussions and domain show panels have been held on why non-domainers, "don't get it" when it comes to the value of domains. Last week Search Engine Strategies (SES) show and woeful domain auction demonstrate the point. Let's look at the numbers. TRAFFIC show attendees, 400-500. SES attendees 6,000. Out of the 6,000 people at the SES show there were only … [Read more...]
Google to Update Smart Pricing On The Fly: Domainers Money to Drop Again?
Google plans to update its mechanism for ad quality scoring, known as smart pricing, on the fly or immediately upon each search. Google announced on its its AdWords blog Thursday, that ad quality will be judged at the time a user searches . Google will begin testing changes with a small set of users "within the next day or two," before deploying the changes for everyone. "We are replacing … [Read more...]
I.O.U.S.A: The US is Doomed Unless Drastic Steps Are Taken: Are They Right?
I went to the opening night of the film I.O.U.S.A. Here's my thoughts and observations. First from just a movies going experience the film is fair. Not anywhere near as entertaining as a Michael Moore Documentary or a film like "Supersize Me" and not even up to Al Gore movie. The film is pretty dry, heavy on numbers and content and not very exciting. The makers point is pretty … [Read more...]