Finding a domain name for your business via marketplaces
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:26:00 UT
Are you looking for a great domain name for your business but can't find one?
It's a common experience due to the volume of domain names that have already been registered, especially .coms.
How the new TLDs could impact your search rankings
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:15:00 UT
On 26th June, ICANN, the Internet domain authority, announced that a new format for domain names would be made available, ending the 25 year long reliance on established TLD (top level domains) such as .com and .uk
The change will enable brands to register their own name as a top level domain, so we may in future see domains such as http://autions.ebay or http://books.amazon. The move is long awaited, with ICANN petitioning to bring this into place since its inception in 1998.
Don't let Google decide how to describe your site
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:00:00 UT
When scanning search results, the only things that users have to decide which one to click on is its position in the rankings, the text of the link and the snippet of text displayed.
You wouldn't let the Royal Mail decide on the text of a piece of direct marketing so why let Google decide what text to display on these critical three lines?
Google, others sued over parked domain ads
Mon, 2 Jul 2007 07:51:00 UT
Google is among a host of web firms facing a lawsuit from companies complaining about programmes that place online ads on unused, parked domain names.
Vulcan Golf filed the complaint in Illinois arguing the practice, by which individuals register attractive domain names but place only ads on them, is a "shocking and egregious, intentional, bad faith scheme to generate revenue and profit from illegal and deceptive actions".
Business.com could sell again for new record
Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:44:00 UT
Domain name Business.com could sell for between $300m and $400m this year, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
The name went for a then record $7.5m when it was bought by two entrepreneurs at the height of the dotcom boom in 1999.
Job search is latest .mobi launch
Wed, 16 May 2007 13:24:00 UT
Recruitment agency PFJ has launched a version of its job search platform for mobile phone devices.
The new website is available on the .mobi top-level domain at pfjjobs.mobi and allows handheld users to interrogate the company's database of vacancies.
German keeps Euro Gmails close to his chest
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:26:00 UT
A German businessman who owns the 'G-mail' trademark so desired by Google says he would refuse to sell the name, even for millions of dollars.
Hamburg-based Daniel Giersch registered the name for his postal service in 2000 and launched an e-mail adjunct in 2003, before Google launched its web-based mail client a year later.
Tokelau is web's riskiest destination
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:38:00 UT
A group of tiny islands in the South Pacific is the most dangerous place on the web, according to security firm McAfee.
An interactive map produced by the company shows Tokelaus .tk domain has the highest proportion of nuisance sites that are tracked by its SiteAdvisor security software.
Brands fail to bag Myspace domain extensions
Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:27:00 UT
Have you bothered to register a personalised URL for your company on Myspace? If not, youre not on your own.
Major brands such as McDonalds, Cingular, Nike and Pepsi as well as Myspace itself appear to have been too slow after the site allowed users to create their own extensions to Myspace.com.
Is long-term domain registration a search ranking factor?
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:25:00 UT
Webmaster World forums recently hosted a discussion on whether or not a sites search engine ranking is affected by the length of time a domain name is registered for.
The theory is that registering a domain name for ten years indicates to Google that the domains owners have made a long term commitment and therefore the site is less likely to be spam.
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