Bad things happen to former government owned domain names. I just finished reading a story form The Ottawa Citizen about how Canada’s 100th anniversary of flight web site expired and (at least briefly) showed ads for escorts. For the Canadian government it got the worst possible outcome. The domain name wasn’t just a parked domain; [...]
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Google Goes After More Survey Sites
Google continues assault on domain names monetized through survey sites. Google has filed a UDRP case against the owner of three Gmail typos that forward to “survey” sites. The three domains — gmaill.com, gmal.com, and gmiail.com — all lead to a page on VideoRewardsNow.com that have a logo oddly similar to Gmail’s logo: Once users [...]
ClickVentures Solidifies Cookies.com and PartySupplies.com Brands with Domain Purchases
PartySupply.com and CookieGifts.com forward to category-defining domain names. ClickVentures, the company behind Cookies.com and PartySupplies.com, continues to snap up category killer domain names as it builds out its web empire. The company, led by Drew Sharma, made two big domain purchases this summer to solidify its brands. First, it picked up PartySupply.com. This will complement [...]
Web.com Plans .Web Top Level Domain
Company plans to apply for .web and says no one else should be allowed to get the TLD. Publicly traded Web.com plans to apply for the .web top level domain name and says no one else should be allowed to apply for the TLD due to its trademarks. The company has a pre-reservation form up [...]
