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Network Solutions Accused of Pulling a Bing, Using Domain Name Searches Improperly

A fellow Seattle Tech Startup subscriber recently posted her thoughts about a domain name that was taken before she could reserve it. In short, she checked the availability of a domain name at Network Solutions on one day and it was available for registration, but then returned a subsequent day only to find it reserved by someone else. Any person would find this frustrating, but I think this is no more an example of domain name front running than Bing was stealing Google’s results and using them to improve their own search engine results. Here’s why.

Michael Cyger February 4, 2011 4

How to Get Gmail FREE for Your Domain Name

This article shows you how to set-up free email for your own personal or business domain name using Google Apps. It provides a step-by-step tutorial for free email on your own domain name using Google’s industry-leading Gmail service.

Aishwar Sharma January 27, 2011 10

6 Ways Your Domain Name Will Be Hijacked

Like being pick-pocketed and unaware that your wallet is missing for an extended period of time, when your domain name is hijacked it could be a while before you notice. Countless examples of domain name hijacking have happened (e.g., Prince.com, CheckFree.com, Adios.com, P2P.com, etc.). You may not notice that your email inbox has been lighter […]

DomainSherpa January 18, 2011 2

How To Determine Monthly Domain Name Search Volume

When evaluating the purchase of a domain name — either from another person or as a newly registered domain name — it’s helpful to know if the domain name is receiving type-in traffic and/or type-in searches. Often times users will mistake the browser address bar for the Google search bar and vice versa. Why is this? Because many people set Google and their browser’s homepage and when Google.com loads the cursor is automatically placed in the search box, not the browser’s address bar. So knowing the magnitude of searches for a domain name is can be a useful statistic before buying a domain.

Astrid William January 12, 2011 6

Google AdSense for Domains

While searching for ways to make money with domain names, we stumbled upon a search engine result in position 10 of 2,160,000 total results — and lo and behold, it’s for a Google product. (Most companies would kill to be on the first page of results for a search as popular as this one!) Google […]

DomainSherpa December 21, 2010 2

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