Parked domain monetization 2026: Adapting to the changes
In 2025, Google began rolling out significant changes to its Search Partner Network, aimed at improving inventory quality.
Topic: Domain name registrar
Google Search Console adds auto-DNS verification
Here is yet another, possibly faster, method to verify web sites in Google Search Console.
4 domain name registration myths debunked
The internet is generally the first place people look for information on just about everything. That’s why when you register a domain name, or several, it’s an important step for making sure businesses can be found — even without a website. To help eliminate some of the most frequently encountered misconceptions about domain name registration, […]
Google Delists All CO.CC Domains From Index
Search on Google for any domains that match [site:co.cc] and you will find no matches. That is right, Google has removed, deindexed, banned and penalized any site using a co.cc subdomain. Why? As I noted, Google’s Matt Cutts explained on Google + that Google reserves the right if they “see a very large fraction of […]
Time To Think Carefully About Which Country Hosts Your URL Shortener
In my “how to choose a URL shortener” article last year, I warned that the country domain that a shortener used might be an issue to consider. A year later, that’s even more so, as a Libyan .ly domain used for an adult content shortener has been closed. Libyan Registrar Takes Back Domain Earlier this […]
Trademark Owners: Get Your New International Domain Names Now!
Soon it will be possible to register domain names using local language character sets creating vast new opportunities for marketers - and domain name sellers. Time to act to protect your own domain names and trademarks in the new languages.
A Small Business Year-End Web Site Checklist
The time of year when we make resolutions is fast approaching. I’m not much of a resolution-maker myself, but I’m going to suggest that small business owners make one. Namely, it’s a suggestion that you resolve to fix up your web site and pay attention to things you might’ve ignored for too long. I know […]
How To Protect Your Domain Name
True story: A small business owner, who was not a client, called me one day with a problem. Let’s call him “Dave.” His web site was missing. Not missing from the search engines, missing completely. Gone. No longer reachable at his domain. It was nothing I could help with since he wasn’t a client, but […]
Google Germany Gone Kaput?
Reader Michiel Ouwerkerk just dropped an email to say that Google Germany has disappeared. Sure enough, when I go there, I get a holding page from what looks to be hosting company Goneo: The message reads (umlauts and other German punctuation omitted, sorry!) Fur diese domain burden keine inhalte hinterlegt bitte schaen Sie zu einem […]
Google Apps For Your Domain Enables Domain Registration
The Google Blog announced that Google Apps For Your Domain has added the ability to register a domain name, if you do not have one yet. What I find interesting, as I explained here, is that we know Google is a domain registrar for about two years now, but yet they are using GoDaddy and […]