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Google To Topple Baidu With Short Domain Name?

Someone who’s too weak, lazy, or pressed for time to type eight letters and a period is in serious trouble.  But anyone who would rather type eight than three is just silly, and so Google China has unveiled a new domain name: G.cn.

Microsoft's Domain Name Registration Blowout

There are four posts at Resource Shelf, chock full of domains registered by or transferred to Microsoft, that you might be interested in.

Your Search Ad: No Search, But You Paid Google

When is a search ad click not really a click? According to Richard Ball of Apogee Web Consulting, it's when someone clicks an ad on a parked domain to reach a site. So why is Google charging for these as ad clicks?

ICANN To Investigate Domain Claim Jumping

Domain "claim jumping" has a better ring to it than domain name "front running," but the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) isn't exactly known for its sexy monikers. Regardless, ICANN is investigating whether insiders are gaming the system for profit.

Seven Reasons Why Your Website Exploded

Several common website errors may give webmasters fits, not to mention site visitors when seeing them appear online.

Dallas Cowboys Return Cowboys.com Domain Name

Last week I spoke about SEO, Search, and Domain Names at the TRAFFIC domain name conference, held in Hollywood, Florida.

Yee-hah! Dallas Cowboys Clueless On Domains

Poor Jerry Jones, first his 'Boys get curb-stomped by the Patriots, then it turns out the attorney representing them at a domain name auction has no idea about the starting or ending price.

PirateBay Swipes Anti-Piracy Domain

There may be some seafaring pirates still out there, somewhere in the South Pacific, but modern day pirates operate in digital formats. The most recent booty attained by the notorious PirateBay: a shanghaied domain formerly belonging to their fiercest enemy.

Dot-Asia Domain Bidding Opens

Bidding on .asia domains began in Hong Kong today, initially open to businesses with trademarks and government offices.

Facebook Prevails In Domain Dispute

I can see how a typo could lead a person to visit Facenook, or perhaps Racebook, on their way to a certain social networking site.  But now Facebook has won a dispute involving Face-book, which was formerly owned by a company known as YOLAPT.