Tag Archives: msft

Fri 3rd June 2011
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Will Microsoft App Your Web Site? - Company registers intriguing domain names. Is Microsoft working on a way to quickly turn your web site into an app? On June 1 the company registered the domain name AppYourSites.com, along with at least 6 other top level domain names of the same name. After a bit of searching (on Google, but also Bing to be fair to Microsoft) I can’t find any information about what Microsoft plans to do with this domain name. However, there’s an existing company at AppYourSite.com ... read more ...
Wed 9th February 2011
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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 ...
Fri 7th August 2009
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Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Could Cost Marchex $8M Revenue - Paid-inclusion’s future is questionable. Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) saw its revenue plunge 44% this quarter compared to the same one last year, and the Yahoo-Microsoft search deal could make a further dent when it goes into effect. On its earnings conference call this week, Marchex CFO Michael Arends said: Furthermore, during the second quarter, Yahoo! Search Submit Pro, also known as Paid Inclusion, which is a product that provides distribution within the Yahoo algorithmic ... 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...