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Stop Making It Hard For People To Give You Their Money

Sometimes one has to state the obvious: You’re in business to make money. You make money by convincing lots of people to give you some of their money. Success depends on making this process as painless as possible*. But many online businesses may be making it too difficult for customers to hand over the cash, which is a bad business practice by any account. Here’s what people (especially men) are used to:

OMG, Fark To Trademark NSFW

A trademark registration filed on behalf of Fark.com's owner Drew Curtis generated plenty of attention when news of it hit social media sites.

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.

Yahoo Sports Kicks Off Fantasy Football

Yahoo Sports is starting off the 2007 fantasy football season with a user generated contest searching for the most inventive touchdown celebration.

China Chills On Blogger Registration

A surprising turn of events could mean the Chinese government will not require bloggers to provide their real names to a central registry.

Google Korea Asks For ID

In America, Google’s SafeSearch can be disabled with two simple clicks of the mouse.  Not so in Korea - the search engine giant will, starting in August, require that users enter their name and a national resident registration number in order to conduct “searches of an adult nature.”

Utah Law Bans Competitor Keyword Bids

The Utah State Legislature has passed a Trademark Protection Act that creates a new type of mark called an electronic registration mark; it probably will not survive a Constitutional test according to the state's own general counsel.

SEO and the Presidential Candidates

A recent article posted on Slashdot looked at various website design points of the top 6 Presidential Candidates.

Domain Registration Loophole

It's always satisfying to learn something new about an industry, and today brings to light a marketing practice, I never knew existed. AP explores a loophole with domain registration, which allows anyone to return a registered domain name within 5 days and get a full refund. This has led to hundreds of thousands of domain speculators and search arbitragers registering domain names, testing which ones do well for type-in traffic, and getting a full refund on any duds.

Adobe Labs Testing Social Newspaper

MyFeedz.com launched quietly in 'technology preview' mode from Adobe Labs recently, offering a web-based application that learns from the visitor's reading habits to continually improve the information it presents.