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Apple Deletes Over 500 Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

Apple has deleted over 500 domain names this week, and decided not to renew these domain names. Most of these domain names were registered by Apple exactly one year ago, and after coming up for renewal they have not renewed them. US (registered Nov 04, 2005). Domain Status On-hold (redemption Period).

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Rogue Snapnames Employee Bids on Domain Name Auctions, Drives Up Prices

Bill Hartzer

Snapnames, an aftermarket domain name auction service, has reportedly discovered that a rogue employee set up an account and bid against other bidders. The incremental revenue from the bidding represented approximately one percent of SnapNames’ auction revenue since 2005. Specific domain name registration policies for employees.

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Search Engine Optimization Tip: Include Keywords in URLs

Bill Hartzer

Here is what Matt Cutts says about Keywords in URLs: Your domain name is a big place to start. If you aren’t at that point yet, you want to make sure you get a domain name that has powerful keywords in it. By doing so, you will quickly start to see many opportunities you have to put keywords into that domain name.

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Facial Recognition: Microsoft Website Tells You How Old You Are

Bill Hartzer

Now this one here, taken around 2005 or so, I am apparently 39 years old. It’s kind of interesting to play around with this site and the technology, I am surprised that Microsoft chose a domain name that has a hyphen in it in order to show off their facial recognition technology. Now this one? Still had the mustache.

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Search Engine Optimization Horror Story Contest Launched

Bill Hartzer

in July of 2005.Mark In fact, most likely, once you registered your domain name, all the major search engines have visited your website within one week. Sometimes it’s within hours: and I’ve seen Google spider a new domain name within minutes. Mark Jackson, Vizion Interactive.

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Search Engine Optimization: Search Engine Ranking Problem Solved for a Reader

Bill Hartzer

It looks like you bought the domain around May of 2006, and it had some links already (it’s not 11 years old): the site does not look like it did in 1999 and even in 2005, so it may have been an expired domain: did you pick up the domain name and start building links (which were not the same quality as it already had)?

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How (and When) to Register a Trademark Without Hiccups

ProBlogger

August 2005 – Facebook registered as a trade mark in Canada. Back in 2011 a client of mine had a domain name that included the brand name of a product they sold. The brand name was registered in the United Kingdom as a trade mark of their supplier. We even had the US company buy the domain name for $3,000.