Tag Archives: Google

Fri 1st June 2012
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DNW’s new TLD roundup: a good, a bad and a funny - From brands to portfolio players, here’s a look at what we know so far. The “big reveal” of who applied for what top level domains isn’t until June 13. But that didn’t stop a lot of companies from making their own announcements over the 36 hours since the application window closed. Here’s my roundup and analysis: Google Google announced four domains it is applying for, but AdAge reports the company is applying for upwards of 50 domain names. The announcement ... read more ...
Thu 31st May 2012
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Google announces tip turn domain applications including .lol, .docs - Vint Cerf releases some details about company’s new TLD strategy. Google today announced limited details about some of its top level domain applications. The announcement fittingly came from former ICANN Chairman and current Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf. Cerf said the TLDs the company applied for fall into four categories: 1. Trademarks, e.g. .google 2. Domains related to core businesses, e.g. .docs 3. Domains “that will improve user experience, ... read more ...
Sat 19th May 2012
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Did Google only buy G.me? - G.me now registered to brand protection company. The whois record for the domain name G.me recently changed to DNStination Inc., which is the proxy service for brand protection company Mark Monitor: The change was just triggered on DomainTools yesterday, although the record shows it was altered on April 20. The domain name was previously a registry reserved domain name. Although nothing is definitive, there’s a good possibility that Google is the new owner. Google ... read more ...
Thu 10th May 2012
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Google wants to obvious creation online ads social - Company files two patent applications for making online ads social. Google has filed two patent applications related to social interactions with online advertisements. The applications, 20120116871 and 20120116867 (pdf), were filed in November and just published today. Both are titled “Social Overlays On Ads”. The patent applications describe systems in which social overlays are placed on ads. For example, an ad my show how many people in your particular Google+ ... read more ...
Sat 5th May 2012
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Google wants to obvious associated links functionality - Lookout, YARPP. Are you a blogger that uses Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)? There are a lot of similar plugins (hence the funny name). But Google apparently thinks it’s novel, as the company has filed a patent application (pdf) for precisely this. United States patent application 20120109932, titled “Related Links”, covers the process of identifying keywords within an article and then displaying related articles (or searches) based on those keywords. In ... read more ...
Thu 1st December 2011
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Google tweaks algorithm to flog parked domains out of the index - Hi, @ Arrgo Frank does not need or rely Google search results for the success of “Internet Traffic”. So, you will be ‘hoping’ for a very long time…IMO ____ @RED This discussion is not just about domain parking pages’ getting ranked in Google. Even, going back to the boom of domain parking days, from 2004 – 2008, very few or any domain parking pages ranked high or at all in Google. ___ The problem with Google is that they want it both ways. They do not want the “SOPA/Protect ... read more ...
Fri 26th August 2011
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French Company Files UDRP Against Google’s AdWords.com - Company that was subject to Google UDRP fights back. French company Francotel, LLC has filed a UDRP complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain name Adwords.com, Domain Name Wire has learned. The case is not yet posted on WIPO’s web site. Francotel has a French trademark for “Adwords”. It filed to cancel Google’s European Union trademark for “Adwords” earlier this year but lost the case. Google filed a UDRP against ... read more ...
Tue 23rd August 2011
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Google Wants to Take Down Goggle.com Web Site - Google goes after another “survey” site. Google has filed a complaint with National Arbitration forum to get a hold of Goggle.com, Goggle.net, and Goggle.org. While the domain names could be considered “generic” for the term Google, it’s the use of the domain names that has the company up in arms. Similar to another recent complaint over YouTube.ph, these domains forward to a survey page that then entices users to complete a number of offers. The current ... read more ...
Fri 19th August 2011
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Google Gets XXX Domain Name* - Company gets a triple xxx domain name — but I’m not talking about the top level domain. Google has gotten its hands on GoogleXXX — but not Google.xxx (yet). The company was awarded GoogleXXX.com in a World Intellectual Property Forum ruling just handed down. This got me thinking: with the .xxx top level domain name coming out, will it lead to more xxx typos? One type of domain companies should consider registering is just like what Google just got — trademarkxxx.com. ... read more ...
Wed 17th August 2011
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Google Kills URL Forwarding as Yahoo Caps Some Non-.Com Domains - Domain parking ad providers make changes. There have been two announcements from the big domain parking ad providers over the past 24 hours that may affect your domain parking company. According to an email from NameDrive, Google is banning URL forwarding as of October 1. The parking company says clients need to switch to DNS parking, although it says it’s also working on other solutions. [Update: DomainSponsor just sent a notice to its customers as well.] Partners ... read more ...
Wed 20th July 2011
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Google Promotes Domain Names to Small Businesses - Google evangelizes web sites for small businesses. Remember all those getonline.com domain names Google registered last month? Now we know what they’re for, and it’s good news for domain name owners. Google is going state-to-state, city-to-city to help small businesses get online. They’ve teamed up with Intuit to offer a web site builder, domain name, web hosting, and Google Places listing free for a year. Right now they’re in Austin holding in-person workshops ... read more ...
Wed 22nd June 2011
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Google to Listen In? Company Buys Listen.in - Company acquires Listen.in domain name. Google has made a curious domain acquisition — Listen.in. Technically it’s an Indian country code domain name, so perhaps we should just ignore the obvious phrase “Listen In”. But it’s more fun if you don’t ignore it. What’s Google up to? The company does have a product called Google Listen that’s in Google Labs. Oh, and there were those apparent plans to “listen in” to your computing environment. Of course ... read more ...
Fri 17th June 2011
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Google Says “Get Online, America” - Google registers 100+ domain names related to getting more people online. UPDATE: Here’s what Google is up to. It looks like Google is working on a new campaign to help get more Americans online. Over the past week the company has registered over 100 domain names including various state names and variations of “Get Online”. The domains follow these patterns: AlaskaGetOnline.com GetAlaskaOnline.com GetOnlineAlaska.com The domains seem to cover all 50 states. This ... read more ...
Thu 16th June 2011
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Could Google Be Getting Into a SSL Certificate Business? - Company could dominate by offering in-search seals. Earlier this week Google registered the domain name GoogleCert.com. The company could have many uses for this domain name, but one possibility is SSL certificates. This got me thinking — Google is the perfect player to capitalize on SSL certificates as well as various “trust” seals, which could help the company monetize its organic listings. There’s no shortage of companies offering SSL certificates and ... read more ...
Mon 16th May 2011
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Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names - When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced product. On May 15 both domain names’ whois records switched to DNStination, Inc., an affiliate of brand protection company MarkMonitor. Google has used DNStination in the past for domain name registrations it wanted to ... read more ...
Mon 28th February 2011
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How To Determine if Google’s Algorithm Changes are Aimed during You - A handy guide to determine if Google is gunning for you. Last week Google announced some changes to its algorithm that affect a whopping 12% of search results. The target? “low-quality sites—sites which are low-value add for users, copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful” While some say this is aimed at so-called “content farms”, here are the warning signs that this change is aimed at your web site(s): – You created ... read more ...
Tue 14th December 2010
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Can’t Spell Boutiques? Google (Sort of) Has You Covered. - Boutiques.com is hard to spell, and there are plenty of typos of the generic domain. Do you have trouble spelling the word “Boutiques”? You’re not the only one. That’s one of the challenges with Google’s new Boutiques.com store. So the company is trying to buy up a handful of typos of the generic term. For example, it bought botique.com from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration earlier this year. It also picked up butique.com and boutiqe.com. But ... read more ...
Wed 17th November 2010
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Looks Like Google Will Connect Kids to Santa This Holiday Season - Company registers domain names related to calling Santa. Google has done some fun stuff with Santa over the years. With NORAD you could track Santa on Google Earth, for example. But the company may have something else in its sleigh this year. The company just registered a number of domain names related to Santa, including GoogleSanta.com (and the .net and .org versions). What could the company be up to? A few other domain names the company just registered may give ... read more ...
Thu 23rd September 2010
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Google Searches for Typo Traffic to .Com Alternatives - Google buys typos of ccTLDs and top level domain names other than .com Over the past few days Google has ramped up its efforts to get country code and top level domain name typos in the .com version. For example, it has registered dozens of domains in the format: google-(cctld).com including google-in.com (India), google-lu.com (Luxembourg), and google-ws.com (Western Somoa). The company has also registered or acquired a number of google-TLD.com names including google-net.com, ... read more ...
Wed 8th September 2010
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With Google Instant Search, GoDaddy is More Popular than God - Google changes could be important. And I really mean it this time. There have been plenty of times where pundits have said changes at Google would turn the web on its head. They (and I) have been wrong. But this time may be different. When you start thinking about the implications of Instant Search your head starts to spin. Just think about it from the advertising perspective. Efficient Frontier did, and my head is spinning. Think about how many untargeted impressions ... read more ...
Wed 25th August 2010
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Google May Change Domain Parking Requirements - DNS parking may be required in the future. A few days ago Sedo informed its customers that its primary advertising provider (read: Google) may change the way it allows domains to be parked. URL forwarding will be out and all domains will need to be parked using DNS. This change has been rumored for a while and likely has to do with tighter control and transparency for parked domains, as well as changes to how parked ads are served technically. According to the communication ... read more ...
Tue 18th May 2010
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ccTLD Most Important Factor in Google Location Determination - Targeted a specific country? Get your ccTLD. It’s no secret that Google uses several factors to determine where a web site is “located” and thus determine its relevance to each individual searcher. But there has been a lot of debate about which factors are most important. The two I hear mostly commonly are if the domain has a particular country code domain name and where the web host is. Now Google search-spam czar Matt Cutts has laid it out on the table. ... read more ...
Fri 16th April 2010
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New Google Ad Formats Could Help Domain Name Parking - Google trying new ad formats — could they land on a parked domain near you? During the past two quarters Google has been rolling out a number of new ad formats for search ads on Google.com. On yesterday’s investor conference call, the company explained a few of them. Site Links – these came online in Q4, and basically deep link to sections of an advertiser’s web site. For example, here’s an ad for Toys R Us: Product Links – ads for specific products ... read more ...
Wed 13th January 2010
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How Long Until China Confiscates Google.Cn Domain Name? - The Google.cn domain name is in jeopardy. If there’s one lesson learned about country code domain names, it’s that you have little protection as a domain registrant. With Google announcing that it will stop censoring its Google.cn search results, it is basically asking for the Chinese government to shut it down. China can take a number of measures to block access to Google in China. One of the simplest steps is to just confiscate the Google.cn domain name. ... read more ...
Thu 7th January 2010
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Google’s Brilliant Move: Not Buying NexusOne.com Domain Name - By not buying NexusOne.com, Google reinforces the power of Google search over direct navigation. Over the past few days I’ve read numerous stories by my peers suggesting that Google messed up by not registering the NexusOne.com domain name prior to launching its new phone initiative. My initial reaction was the same. But I quickly changed my mind: not acquiring the domain name was actually a smart move. Brilliant. Hear me out. Let’s think about the company ... read more ...