Patrick Altoft is the Director of Search at Branded3 and he wrote an article today about Google making it harder to migrate to a new domain. From the article: Changing domains has never been something to be taken lightly but in the past year, Google appears to have made it tougher for brands to carry out a legitimate re-brand, or domain change for other reasons, without suffering catastrophic SEO … [Read more...]
GoDaddy signs its 1st Registry-Registrar Agreement with New gTLD .UNO: Paid Pre-Registrations Start In Nov
According to a press release we just received, Dot Latin LLC announced today that the world’s largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, has signed the Registry-Registrar Agreement for the .UNO domain extension, specifically designed for the Hispanic and Latino communities, worldwide. .UNO is the first global web … [Read more...]
Google Reports Paid Clicks Up 26%; Cost Per Click Down: Has $56 Billion In The Bank: Shares Up + 7%
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The market loved the news sending Google shares up over 7% to an all time high in after hours trading of $957 a share, up $68. For the domain name industry the takeaways are that the number of paid clicks are up again. Way up if you measure by the same quarter of 2012 where paid clicks … [Read more...]
Google’s Registry For New gTLD’s; Charleston Road Registry Launches its Site
Google's Registry for that will be the back end operator for Google's new gTLD strings, CharlestonRoadRegistry.com officially launched their site today (Update I have been informed that this site actually launched on March 29, 2013) "Welcome to Charleston Road Registry, Google’s domain registry. We’re really excited about the domains we’ll soon be able to offer. The Internet has always been … [Read more...]
Google Buys Bump: Bu.mp
Google (GOOG) just bought Bump, a developer of Android/iOS apps that allow users to share contact info, photos, and other files by bumping their phones together. MarketWatch.com is saying the acquisition was between $30 Millon and $60 Million and the company reportedly took in some $20 Million in investment David Lieb CEO and cofounder of Bump announced the acquisition the company's … [Read more...]
comScore: Yahoo Beats Google For 1st Time In Years Becoming Most Visited Websites
According to comScore, for the first time in several years, Yahoo (YHOO), web properties were the most visited in the country in July. With 196.6 million visitors who Yahoo properties compared to 192.3 million who visited Google for the first time since May 2011. Yahoo's unique visitors were up by roughly 20% compared to July of last year, when it came in third behind Google and Microsoft … [Read more...]
So Now What Will Google Do With Its New gTLD Application For .Search
Of the over new gTLD 1,900 applications received by ICANN, Google's application for .Search has gotten arguably the most attention of the mainstream media (neck and neck with Amazon's .Amazon TLD) Google originally filed its application for .Search to operate on a closed basis, meaning that the registry generally would not be open to registrations by third parties, but amended its application … [Read more...]