Archives Tag: Domains
Domain Extensions Matter
There has been and continues to be talk about whether your domain extension matters. Debates going back and forth about .edu, .gov, and .mil extensions being “trusted” more in the search results and on the flip side, other people saying that extensions don’t matter at all, only backlinks matter. As part of Google’s recent push [...]
Full StoryDead Landing Pages in Google
Domain squatters make a boat load of money every year by grabbing expired or unregistered domains. Here is one example where Google’s quality of results is diminished by a domain squatter. I was looking up a restaraunt one of my friends recommended for a place to eat. So I looked up the restaraunt name and [...]
Full StoryUTube.com Knows how to Monetize
Turns out that Utube.com finally got fed up with having to deal with all of the “free traffic” they were getting. They decided to do something about it. They moved! Their new site is Utubeonline.com. This way, no one will get the brand names confused anymore. Let’s compare a few public analytics sources which gives [...]
Full StoryWill You Google.me?
Not too long ago, the beginning phases of the domain extension .me (dot me) took place. They will continue to take place over the next few months. But soon, as of July 17th, 2008, you will be able to Google.me. I searched for a few dot me domains, but nothing stood out to me. Here [...]
Full StoryUnofficial Google.vc
Google is normally very good about monitoring and obtaining all domains for the term “google”, but this one squeezed by. Google utilizes MarkMonitor to monitor their brand online. Google.vc is one that did sneak by. The only reason I stumbled on this domain is because I’ve been registering more and more dot vc domains lately. [...]
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We can thank Phillipp for reporting this one. Google now owns Google.cat. Here is a little background on the extension. “On September 16th 2006 ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) approved the .CAT domain. The .cat TLD (Top Level Domain) is established to serve the needs of the Catalan Linguistic and Cultural Community on the Internet.” Here’s a particular favorite of mine though. LOL.cat (in memory of Matt Cutts) Here are some of the details about LOL.cat, Domain ID: REG-D126549 Domain Name: lol.cat Domain Name ACE: lol.cat Domain Language: Registrar ID: R-2001 (Nominalia) Created On: 2007-06-11 15:27:02 GMT Last Updated On: 2007-10-31 22:52:48 GMT Expiration Date: 2008-06-12 19:08:15 GMT Status: ok Registrant ID: NPALHE3545-EURO Registrant Name: Pac Man Registrant Organization: Pac Man Registrant Street: 1111 road Registrant City: hollywood Registrant State/Province: ca Registrant Postal Code: 90069 Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: +162.69093100
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