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PR tries to sell 'afterthebailout.com' on eBay for $1m

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:40:00 UT

Kudos to Annie Jennings for trying, but something tells me that she�s not going to sell the domain name �AfterTheBailout.com� for more than a million bucks.

Annie, who runs a New Jersey-based PR firm, has fired over two jaw-dropping press releases informing me that the "hottest domain name AfterTheBailout.com is on sale at eBay", with the minimum bid set to a staggering $1m.

Number of bids to date? Zero.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT

While the launch of Google's Chrome web browser took up many of the headlines this week in the world of technology (and I had to include one story on the launch here), there was other interesting news.

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.

Ten Firefox add-ons for SEO

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:39:00 UT

One benefit of using Firefox is that it has a community of third party developers designing some very useful (and free) add-ons for the browser's users.

We've taken a look at some SEO-related examples....

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.�

Domain name tools for brainstormers

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:29:00 UT

Choosing a domain name these days for a new web venture or microsite is an activity filed somewhere between painful and truly horrendous. So what tools can you use to minimise headaches and the time spent on finding a domain name?

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?

Six million .uk domains live, Nominet reports

Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:11:00 UT

Nominet has registered its six millionth .uk domain name, with the national country code attracting a growing number of domestic companies.

The registry said a YouGov survey of 2,324 internet users showed people were six times more likely to enter a .uk domain name than a .com address when using a search engine.

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".

International domains on ICANN agenda

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:02:00 UT

Overseas businesses may soon be able to register domain names with foreign characters.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is meeting in Puerto Rico this week to discuss allowing characters with accents or in entirely different scripts to be added to the internet system.

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.

Google on duplicate content

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:51:00 UT

The issue of duplicate content is a thorny one that can affect sites' search rankings, and one that has even caught Google out in the past.

So it's good that the search giant's Adam Lasnik has written a post that throws some light on�how it deals with the problem.

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.

Keyword Creativity: An online opportunity for ad agencies?

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:04:00 UT

In 2002, AT&T made a major mistake. As part of the launch of its mobile initiative m-life, the company purchased television advertising during the Super Bowl coverage. Nothing wrong with that � along with the Oscars, it attracts one of the biggest audiences in American television and is seen as a creative showcase for the best in American advertising.

But what AT&T missed was how�its advertising affected later search behaviour.

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.

Microsoft clamps down on UK cybersquatters

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:54:00 UT

Microsoft has performed a clean-up of dodgy domains in the UK, taking action against several companies it says have earned illegal PPC revenues by registering URLs with misspelled variations of its brands.

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 Tokelau�s .tk domain has the highest proportion of nuisance sites that are�tracked by its�SiteAdvisor�security software.

Google adds Docs & Spreadsheets to Apps package

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:53:00 UT

Google has added Google Docs & Spreadsheets to its Google Apps On Your Domain offering, in another sign of the search giant's slow, mythological creep toward a Web 2.0-style Office rival.

Google Apps allows site administrators to issue users with white-label installations of Google's Gmail, Calendar, Talk, Start Page and Page Creator services, with apps accessible from the owners' domain name rather than on google.com.

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, you�re 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.

Beckham's US move sparks domain name frenzy

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:25:00 UT

With the recent news that David Beckham is to head to the footballing backwater that is the US Major Soccer League, opportunists have been snapping up domain names related to the news.

According to domain name management firm NetNames, cyber-squatters started buying up every conceivable combination of the words 'Beckham' and 'Galaxy' as soon as the news broke. Within an hour, most variations were�registered.