UK webmasters prepare for #Brexit – the EU is coming for your .eu domains
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Topic: Cybersquatting
Bing Released A URL Keyword Stuffing Spam Filtering That Impacted Three-Percent Of Queries
Igor Rondel, the Principal Development Manager of the Bing Index Quality, posted on the Bing Search Blog news that they released a spam filter a “few months” ago that impacted about 3% of all search queries. The spam filter was aimed at URL keyword stuffing. Igor Rondel it targeted spammers stuffing keywords in the URL […]
What The New ICANN Domain Names Mean For Google Rankings & SEO: Nothing
ICANN – the organization in charge of internet domain names – has approved plans that may create hundreds or thousands of new “top level domain names.” I’ve seen some reports already that this will help with search engine optimization. It won’t. It’ll just enrich some new TLD owners at the expense of brands who will […]
Twitter May Release Some Deleted Usernames Within Weeks
What’s happening with all those inactive and deleted usernames that Twitter has? Some of them will continue to be held back for a few more weeks; some likely for much longer, Twitter cofounder Ev Williams said yesterday. I caught Williams between sessions at the Chirp conference yesterday and put to him a question that Les […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 12, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 25, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Yahoo & Others Form Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse
Brand Owners on Web Offensive from Red Herring reports that Yahoo, Dell, Coca Cola, Hilton and others have joined together to fight cybersquatting. The companies formed a collation against cybersquatters named Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse. Cybersquatters purchase domain names that are similar to trademark names, such as yahooemail.com and hilt0n.com. Some use that traffic […]
Domaining & Subdomaining In The Local Space, Part 2
In the earlier installment of this article I covered the topic of local-oriented subdomaining. In this second installment, I’m covering domaining. As you may recall, I described "domaining" as the practice of buying domains mainly for their potential keyword value. Speculators purchase keyword domains with a view towards reselling those properties at a considerable markup, […]
Direct Navigation And Domain Empires
Business 2.0 has a fairly comprehensive (cover) story about domain portfolios and “direct navigation.” It starts off with a profile of Vancouver entrepreneur Kevin Ham (“The Man Who Owns the Internet”), who operates a $300 million domain “empire” but goes on to discuss others who have become wealthy from domain speculation, parking and domain portfolio […]
UTube Monetizes Mistaken YouTube Traffic
Philipp Lenssen takes a look at how UTube changed their approach on their suit against YouTube. Philipp notes that when you arrive at UTube.com you now see a search box with suggested search terms below the box. When you search or click on the suggested search terms you are taken to ads by SearchFeed. In […]