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Thu 6th August 2009
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Microsoft Buys Office.com Using a Different Tact - Microsoft uses Marksmen to acquire Office.com. Microsoft has acquired the domain name Office.com, but the software company appears to have taken a slightly different tact in acquiring it than it has in the past. As I wrote after Microsoft acquired CashPerks.com and CashBack.com, the company typically uses a broker to acquire domain names. This is smart; if the seller knows Microsoft wants the domain then the price goes up. But in previous acquisitions the acquirer ... read more ...
Wed 29th July 2009
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Dear DOJ: Don’t Slow Down Yahoo-Microsoft Deal - Deal will create competition, not destroy it. Dear Department of Justice: After a long courtship, Yahoo and Microsoft have agreed to a long term search and advertising deal. The deal is going to end up in your lap early next year, and a number of lobbyists will be screaming that the deal is anti-competitive. Don’t buy it. This deal creates a competitor. It takes two also-rans in the search business and turns them into a true (although still relatively weak) competitor ... read more ...
Thu 19th March 2009
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SAP and Microsoft Lose Domain Name Case - Software giants fail to get domain name SAP-Microsoft.com. What happens when two of the world’s biggest software companies, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and SAP (NYSE: SAP), team up to do battle? They lose. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel found that an Israeli man should be able to keep the domain name SAP-Microsoft.com. But it was a close call, with the arbitrator finding that he wasn’t quite convinced that the domain name was registered in bad ... read more ...
Wed 17th December 2008
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Microsoft, Time Warner, Others Weigh In On New TLDs - A quick synopsis of public comments about new top level domains. The deadline to comment on the latest revisions of ICANN’s plan for introducing new top level domains was Monday. As is usually the case, the big companies waited until the last minute to file their comments. The general consensus is: 1. We don’t like the trademark implications 2. There’s no need to add more TLDs (save for IDNs) as they won’t actually create competition for .com 3. Don’t ... read more ...
Fri 12th December 2008
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Microsoft Could Use Domain Channel to Get Leg Up in Search - Is Microsoft looking to buy into the domain market? It could be a winning strategy. You may have read a few rumors lately that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be getting into the domain name business. The last time I talked to a Microsoft representative on the record, he said the company was very interested in the domain channel but had no immediately plans to provide an ad feed to parked domains. Would Microsoft be so bold as to buy up hundreds of thousands of generic ... read more ...
Fri 31st October 2008
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Google Wins Yahoo Advertising Battle - Regardless of outcome, Google has won. You may have read yesterday evening that the Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) advertising deal may not go through, thanks to the U.S. government getting involved. Bad new for the companies? Not for Google, which played this perfectly. You see, if Google got the deal then it would have an ad deal with Yahoo that would help fill its coffers while rendering Yahoo’s advertising platform less valuable. Yahoo advertisers ... read more ...
Thu 2nd October 2008
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Does Microsoft Want to Buy Your Domain Name? - Here’s a hint that you’re dealing with Microsoft (or another big company). Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has snapped up more generic domain names, this time buying SearchPerks.com from a California man to promote its “search sweepstakes”. In May Microsoft bought Cashback.com, although it hasn’t promoted the domain for its cashback search program. Try as I might, I haven’t been able to get details about the CashBack.com deal nor the latest deal, despite interviewing ... read more ...
Wed 28th May 2008
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Microsoft to Harness Generic Domain CashBack.com for Search - Software giant buys premium domain name for search efforts. The world was abuzz a couple weeks ago when Microsoft announced its new cashback search engine. Less reported was that Microsoft quietly purchased the domain name CashBack.com. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) purchased the domain name from Kansas City, Missouri company Creative Marketing Associates. Creative Marketing Associates owns a number of domain names, including the valuable GiftCard.com, as well as corresponding ... read more ...
Mon 5th May 2008
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Microhoo: Now What for Domainers? - Acquisition talks collapse…what it means for domainers. I’ve been torn about Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Yahoo! It could have been good for domainers but it also had a downside. Now that Microsoft (MSFT) has told Yahoo (YHOO) to “go search itself”, where does that leave the domain industry? My main concern is that Yahoo will get more in bed with Google (GOOG) for its advertising. Yahoo has already tried outsourcing some of its advertising inventory ... read more ...
Wed 9th April 2008
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Yahoo May Outsource Pay-Per-Click to Google - If expanded, deal would hurt domainers. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has started a test with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to determine if it can make more money using Google’s ad feed than its own, reports Wall Street Journal. The deal involves 3% of search queries on Yahoo’s site, which will show Google Adsense for Search ads instead of Yahoo’s own search ads. Yahoo is trying to show that it has greater revenue potential that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) gives it. Essentially, ... read more ...
Wed 5th March 2008
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Ask.com Advertising Feed In Limbo - Even “reduced” Ask.com feed may disappear. A number of domain parking companies were delivered a blow as of the first of this month when Ask.com discontinued syndicating its Google advertising feed. These parking companies were left with two options: take Ask.com’s own advertising feed (which has low click prices) or switch to another ad provider. Not coincidentally, Skenzo jumped to Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) this month. But a number of parking companies still use ... read more ...
Mon 11th February 2008
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Threats to a Domain Name Industry - Don’t get complacent; all is not well in the domain name industry. What keeps you up at night? As a business owner, I have lots of worries. If you are sleeping comfortably at night, assuming everything in the domain industry is swell, you might be in for a rough 2008. There are two main issues that keep me up at night. First, I’m becoming more and more concerned about hucksters and deep-pocketed corporations coming after average joe domainer. There are a lot ... read more ...
Fri 1st February 2008
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Microsoft Makes Offer for Yahoo! - Microsoft offers to buy search giant. Microsoft Corporation (NADSAQ: MSFT) has made an offer to by search company Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) for $31 per share, a premium of about 60% over yesterday’s closing price. If this $44B offer is accepted and approved by regulators, it could have a big impact on the domain name industry. Yahoo provides advertising feeds to a number of domain parking companies, including Parked.com and ParkingDots. Frank Schilling parks his ... read more ...
 
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What Would Microsoft-Yahoo Mean for Domainers? - The acquisition could mean a lot. Or maybe not. I had a conversation with myself this morning about Microsoft’s (MSFT) proposed buyout of Yahoo (YHOO). It went something like this: Me: So, Andrew, what do you think this deal will mean for domainers? Myself: Tough call. From a search perspective, this is #3 taking over #2. It will be interesting to see how they merge the two company’s pay-per-click platforms. Me: Yeah, both platforms lag Google Adwords. ... read more ...