Microsoft gets dotBing.com, though what about other dot domains? -
Company gets control of dotBing.com domain name, but doesn’t have dot domains related to most other TLD bids.
This week Microsoft took control of dotBing.com, a domain that was registered back in 2009. Its interest in the domain is clearly related to the company’s bid for a .bing top level domain name.
The company applied for 11 top level domains in total. But it doesn’t own the corresponding .com in most of them. And obtaining them won’t be easy; many of ... read more ...
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Wed 20th June 2012
Wed 9th February 2011
Microsoft Scores Bi.ng Domain Name -
Company registers short Nigerian domain name.
Microsoft registered the short URL Bi.ng on February 4 thanks to the liberalization of Nigeria’s .ng domain name to allow limited second level registrations.
Previously you were required to register .ng domain names at the third level, e.g. name.com.ng. However, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) is now selling second level domains through an “auction“.
Companies with trademark rights in a particular ... read more ...
Thu 15th July 2010
Warning: Your Yahoo Search Traffic is Going Away Next Month -
Yahoo to transition to Bing search results very soon.
It’s time to stop talking about Yahoo search rankings and the traffic the search engine delivers to your site. Starting as early as next month, no one will care how well you’ve tricked Yahoo into ranking your site well.
Today Yahoo! sent out a communication to its advertisers telling them about the transition of organic search results to those of Bing. According to the email:
Assuming our testing continues ... read more ...