ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2020. For the second month in a row, Chinese domain name registrar Xin Net has hemorrhaged domains. I ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Less is more for domain name parking
· Domain ParkingGoDaddy generates more revenue from parked pages by showing fewer ads. How do you optimize revenue for a parked domain name lander? Less is more, according to GoDaddy. After acquiring Uniregistry, the company tested Uniregistry landers to ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Namecheap overtakes Alibaba, Endurance over Web.com
· Domain RegistrarsShakeup on the overall leaderboard. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers June 2020. There are a few key takeaways: 1. As I predicted last ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Is an app really necessary?
· UncategorizedAnother company shuts down its app to focus on the mobile web. "We've got have an app!" - businesses everywhere But do they, really? Or is an app just a lazy way of making a mobile-friendly website? I was reminded of this earlier this week ... Continue Reading13 Comments
The Covid-19 Surge
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrars experienced a surge in new domain registrations in April due to the pandemic. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers April ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Latest .com rankings report
· Domain RegistrarsHow domain name registrars fared in the most recent monthly data report. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers February 2020. Namecheap had ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Laws forcing Google to pay for news “content” hurt small publishers
· Policy & LawGoogle is the lifeblood of small publishers. Australia is the latest country to consider mandating that Google pay news publishers for "content," even if this content is just a headline and short snippet. Google and Google News have become a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Google wins fight over “Google Coronavirus” domain name
· Policy & LawMan agrees to give domain name to Google after facing cybersquatting complaint. A Massachusetts man who registered GoogleCoronavirus .com has agreed to hand it over to Google after the company filed a cybersquatting complaint. Ben Ghosh ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Com rankings: Google tops 3 million .com domains
· Domain RegistrarsGoogle hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2019. Google's domain name registrar hit the 3 million .com domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google’s new search results pages: love it or hate it?
· ServicesDesktop results still show the domain name but mobile results don't. Google recently changed its desktop search results to look more like its mobile search results. This includes showing the site's favicon, second level and top level domain, title, ... Continue Reading18 Comments