Yelp would like to see the antitrust settlement between Google and the European Union have a complete overhaul. Yelp has had many things to say about Google over the years and even rebuffed a buyout attempt a few years ago. Greg Sterling wrote a piece on Search Engine Land about Yelp joining others in wanting to see a harsher settlement for Google with the E.U. From the article: Yelp has been … [Read more...]
Xbiz.com Asks Google To Reverse Ban On Advertising For Adult Websites
Alec Helmy President & Publisher of the adult industry publication xBiz.com sent a letter to Google yesterday asking the company to reconsider its "recent decision to no longer accept ads from adult oriented websites" We reported a week ago that Google new policy on advertising for explicit adult terms went into effect which Google announced in early … [Read more...]
Google’s Matt Cutt to take a break
Head of Google web spam Matt Cutts said that he is taking a break and going on leave. Matt certainly does take a lot of abuse defending the Panda and the Penguin and while I am sure he has made a lot of money at Google, it must be a stressful job. Maybe Sergey and Larry could make it easier on him by allowing Google to be a little more transparent and accountable for their actions. Danny … [Read more...]
Google Adult Ad Ban Now In Effect
CNBC is reporting that the Google Advertising Ban on Adult domain names is now in effect. We reported earlier this month that Google was going to impose new restrictions on adult advertising, which some believed amounted almost to a ban on advertising. Today CNBC is reporting that "Google is getting out of the porn advertising business". The changes, which went into effect late Monday, … [Read more...]
You Tube Around The World
Wonder of Tech posted an interesting look at You Tube around the world. YouTube is the third most popular site in the world, including everything from TED Talks that educate to stupid human tricks that make you wonder about the future of civilization. But did you know how different YouTube is in countries across the globe? This infographic illustrates the popularity of YouTube in various … [Read more...]
IPOFinancial: “No Way Godaddy’s IPO Can Move Forward As Is With Google Entering The Market”
I chatted with David Menlow, who is the founder IPOfinancial.com yesterday about Godaddy's planned IPO and Google's announcement this week that they were entering the domain name registrar business "I don't see how GoDaddy's IPO could "move forward." "If it does, the valuations of this deal has to be radically" "Whatever valuation models were being thrown around had to be completely … [Read more...]
If Google Domains Is Going To Be About New gTLD’s, Google.Domains Should Be Resolving
The domain name world is still chatting about this weeks announcement that Google is getting into the domain registrar business. The "official site" right now for Google Domains is a subdomain of Google.com: domains.google.com If you type in GoogleDomains.com into your browser you will be re-directed to the subdomain. However if you type in the domain name … [Read more...]