Google Expands Domain Name and Icon Listings in Search Results to Web Queries
Social Media Today
JANUARY 16, 2020
Google has expanded its mobile search listing format, displaying website icons and domain names, to desktop queries.
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Social Media Today
JANUARY 16, 2020
Google has expanded its mobile search listing format, displaying website icons and domain names, to desktop queries.
BeingOptimist
AUGUST 22, 2020
Finding out how to change domain names could be complex sometimes. It is crucial but not an uncommon situation to change your existing domain name to another. Is it Possible to Change Domain Name? It is not possible to change the existing domain name. Why Should I Change my Domain Name?
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Bill Hartzer
JANUARY 23, 2014
Very soon there will be a lot more choices when it comes to registering and owning a domain name. We’ve all be used to using.com,net, and.org as TLDs (Top Level Domains) but there are actually are a lot more, including.travel,biz,info, and even the ccTLDs (Country Code TLDs), such as.ca Domain Names'
Bill Hartzer
JULY 26, 2014
There is a pretty nasty domain name appraisal scam going around that you need to be aware of if you own domain names. The scammer’s only intent is to make money from a domain name appraisal service, which is fake. This is a scam, and domain name owners should not fall for this online scheme.
Bill Hartzer
MAY 22, 2014
I’ve written before about how Twitter , Facebook , and even recently how Google’s Gmail were or were not recognizing the new gTLD domain names as real domain names. as real domain names, either! Domain Names' IPhone email doesn't recognize gtlds either. billhartzer.net.
The Realtime Report
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
Get The Best Domain Name By Avoiding These Mistakes. However, it can be painstakingly hard to find an available domain name as well. Hundreds of millions of domain names get registered daily, which makes the most basic and effective names virtually taken already. Don’t make it too long.
Bill Hartzer
MAY 20, 2014
TLDs, Gmail turns them into clickable links in the email when it was received, whether the sender made the domain name a clickable link or not. Then, I opened it and Gmail automatically made those domains (well only certain ones) clickable links. Here’s the full list of what I tested. Domain Names'
Jason Yormark
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Needless to say that often has me frequently looking for good names to inspire me enough to go through with those ideas. I always feel like if I can actually find an affordable name, it’s more likely that I’ll see them through. Of course it goes without saying that finding a good domain name is incredibly hard these days.
Bill Hartzer
JUNE 8, 2013
Do domain names make good investments? Domain names are the real estate of the internet. In fact, with millions of people getting online, the value of a domain name can only go up. The leader in domain name sales, Domain Name Sales , founded by Frank Schilling, just redesigned their website.
Bill Hartzer
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
For a few months now, I have had the opportunity to have access to the Google Domains program, where you can buy (and transfer in) domain names. Google has been a domain name registrar for many, many years now, but has only recently opened up their registrar services to the public.
Small Business Mavericks
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
listed more than 100 domain names for auction at Sedo. was in the domain name business. Some of these domain names are actually pretty valuable and whoever ends up with them will have great keyword-based domain names that should do well in the search engines for years to come.
Bill Hartzer
OCTOBER 3, 2013
I’m not sure what, but I am really curious as to why Microsoft recently registered 26 domain names at once: all related to the word contosoyams. The whole reason I bring this up is that Microsoft doesn’t normally register a lot of domain names all at once like this. Domain Names' contosoyams.net.
Bill Hartzer
MARCH 8, 2014
When it comes to search engine marketing, one issue that many people struggle with is the domain name. There’s some confusion out there regarding domain names and how they effect a site’s ability (or inability) to rank well in the search engines. Looking right now for expired domains to register?
Bill Hartzer
AUGUST 20, 2013
If you own a domain name, and you don’t currently have a live website on that domain, then one option is to park that domain name and potentially earn revenue from it. Whatever you do, don’t leave the default name servers and let your registrar keep all the revenue from your domain name.
Bill Hartzer
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Most likely a result of Facebook having sued a whole lot of cyber-squatters recently, Facebook has recovered 44 domain names that are typos of the Facebook brand. If you look at the new owner of these domains, they are owned by Facebook: Registrant: Domain Administrator. Facebook, Inc. California Ave. Palo Alto CA 94304.
Bill Hartzer
JUNE 19, 2012
Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, has just registered 11 new domain names in the past 24 hours. Usually moves like this indicate upcoming projects, especially because Wikipedia does not have a history of regularly registering new domain names. voyagewiki.org. wikguide.org. wikicompass.org.
Bill Hartzer
DECEMBER 20, 2013
Do you have a domain name that you just don’t want anymore? And you bought the domain name. But you ended up realizing that the domain name wasn’t so good after all. So, you just want to get rid of that unwanted domain name. Domain Names' Well, here is your chance.
Bill Hartzer
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
A few days ago, I uncovered the fact that Apple owns a bunch of mysterious domain names, most of which are resolving to a default Linux setup page on Amazon’s cloud. But today, after I reported that one of these mysterious domain names, trollqtkhoverlaysbynk.biz, was registered and then deleted, was just re-registered yesterday.
Bill Hartzer
JANUARY 8, 2014
This domain name conference is going to be amazing one, especially because of the speakers, the sponsors, and the attendees. Nonetheless, now is a very critical time for the domain industry as a whole, as the new gTLDS are launching soon. Domain Diction. Domain Name Association. Domain Name Sales.
Idaconcpts
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
On February 19, 2013, TV personality and restarenteur Guy Fieri became the poster child of the importance of securing your domain name. However, New York City programmer, Bryan Mytko thought that Fieri should promote that dish and be more careful about securing the domain containing the name of his newest restaurant.
Bill Hartzer
JULY 20, 2011
Google , in an effort to protect their interests in their new Google+ Plus social network, has recently acquired the International Domain Name (IDN) [b]+.com[/b], com) is an illegal domain name–the domain name violates IDNA2008, as published by IETF. com domain name.
Bill Hartzer
OCTOBER 3, 2011
If you own domain names, then you are inevitably going to have answer the question: should I renew this domain name? Here are fourteen questions to ask yourself to help you decide on whether your should renew your domain name or not. What is the current status of the domain name?
Bill Hartzer
AUGUST 19, 2015
As you may be aware, I am a big fan of the new gTLD domain name extensions, there are hundreds of them already in General Availability. So, I was hunting around today, using the technique below, to find available domain names and names that I wish to pre-register. Copy that list into Notepad or a text editor.
Bill Hartzer
AUGUST 29, 2011
After a few years of collecting, using, developing and parking domain names, I have decided to auction 24 domain names this week using Godaddy’s aftermarket domain name auctions. There are also a few domain names that have are in the financial industry, as well. &miid=56091242.
Bill Hartzer
MAY 24, 2011
Microsoft has purchased eight domain names related to search engine optimization (SEO). Microsoft purchased 49 domain names today, and eight of the domain names were related to “search engine optimization for their Bing.com search engine: searchengineoptimizationforbing.info. seoforbing.info.
Bill Hartzer
DECEMBER 13, 2013
In an offensive move, Facebook has registered twenty one new domain names in conjunction with their launch of Instagram Direct. Typically, when companies announce new products or services, the company will register related domain names at about the same time (or on the same day) as their announcement. Domain Names'
Bill Hartzer
APRIL 2, 2013
This has to be what I would personally call the most bizarre domain name sales pitch I have ever seen. The owner of a bunch of Cherokee Letter domain names is recommending that you buy his domain names–and use them in a Google AdWords campaign to commit what I would call outright fraud and deception.
Bill Hartzer
APRIL 20, 2011
In an interesting move that might indicate an upcoming acquisition or a major project in the works, Microsoft has acquired 47 domain names related to Synsup Labs. Here is the list of domain names related to Synsuplabs that Microsoft has quietly acquired today: synsuplabs01.com. synsuplabs02.com. synsuplabs03.com.
Bill Hartzer
DECEMBER 16, 2014
Ever since I originally noticed that Apple was registering nonsense domain names, I have been intrigued about why they would be registering and then not renewing nonsense domain names. And it’s not just one or two domain names, or a dozen of them. info domain names would be at least $15,000.
Bill Hartzer
MAY 9, 2014
While cleaning up link profiles for Google reconsideration requests , it’s one thing that is often overlooked is the links pointing to domain names that redirect to a website. There may be a lot of low quality, unnatural, or inorganic links pointing to a domain name that then redirects to the website. ahrefs.com.
Bill Hartzer
JUNE 20, 2012
In the past 24 hours, Microsoft has registered 43 new domain names–all related to their new Microsoft Surface tablet. These new domain registrations were done a day after their announcement of this new product. The main domain name, Surface.com, was acquired by Microsoft a while back. cloudgovapp.com.
Bill Hartzer
APRIL 28, 2012
At the very top of the page you can put in a URL to check to see if a domain name is available. I got the error message “Our internal risk system has prevented us from finding leads for this domain due to its material”. This particular website brings buyers, and sellers of expired domains together in one convenient place.
Bill Hartzer
MAY 25, 2011
Last month I first discovered that Microsoft had secretly acquired 47 domain names related to a brand called “Synsup Labs. Those domain names had previously been pointed to the Bing.com search results for a keyword search for SynsupLabs. synsuplabs01.com com synsuplabs01.com. synsuplabs02.com com synsuplabs02.com.
Bill Hartzer
MARCH 21, 2010
One of the best kept secrets of the search engine optimization and search engine marketing industry is the expired domain name auctions that exist out there. If someone does not renew their domain name, it is frequently put up for auction on by the registrar itself, like Godaddy. Sure, you may have an existing website.
Bill Hartzer
AUGUST 1, 2012
On the same day that Microsoft rebooted Outlook.com, they registered a whole slew of similar domain names–in a move that looks like it’s mainly to protect the Outlook brand. By looking at the list of domain names that Microsoft recently registered, we can learn their domain name strategy to protect the Outlook.com brand.
Bill Hartzer
JUNE 1, 2011
As you may or may not know, I typically watch the domain name purchases of many of the web’s biggest brands online. When a large group of domain names is purchases by an organization that is popular on the web, it usually indicates something big is coming. By the way, here is the list: activereddit.com.
Bill Hartzer
MARCH 21, 2015
is suing Domain Name Proxy Service, Inc. The Domain Name Proxy Service, Inc. Well, if you are in this situation, and you need to protect your trademark(s), especially if a rogue website is using your trademark on their website, first I would go ahead and look up the whois data for the domain name.
Bill Hartzer
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Networks Solutions , a popular domain name registrar, is revealing the real identity of the domain name owner even though the domain name owner has opted-in and paid for their domain name privacy service. When a domain name is registered, buyers have the option of paying $9.99
Bill Hartzer
DECEMBER 27, 2010
After further investigation into the issue, she learned that the domain names had been suspended by the registrar due to invalid WHOIS data on the domain name WHOIS record–here web server was not down. Craft is among many domain name owners whose domain names have been suspended due to invalid WHOIS data.
Bill Hartzer
JULY 28, 2009
A friend recently asked me about a domain name he was thinking of buying. He mentioned that one of the websites he owns and has developed is the name of a city: and he noticed that there is a ‘related’ domain name that is for sale. Here is how to evaluate an expired domain name for “SEO Value.
Bill Hartzer
DECEMBER 1, 2011
I am not surprised by the names–and even had a relative with a new baby this year name her baby Chloe, which made the list this year. Some ccTLDs (Country Code Top Level Domains) have requirements that you must live in the country, or have a business address in the country, etc. as their website’s domain name.
Bill Hartzer
MAY 28, 2010
Technically speaking, Whois is is a query/response protocol which is widely used for querying an official database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. There are several things that you need to take a look at on the domain name’s whois record.
Bill Hartzer
NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Snapnames, an aftermarket domain name auction service, has reportedly discovered that a rogue employee set up an account and bid against other bidders. Specific domain name registration policies for employees. Also, my buddy Chef Patrick also is talking about the Snapnames domain name scandal here.
Bill Hartzer
DECEMBER 19, 2014
Best Buy , in a recent internal communication to their Wolf Bloggers exclusive blogger list, sent out an email to their list of bloggers about an agreement with another affiliate organization. One of the bloggers subsequently Replied All to the list, which then exposed Best Buy’s entire exclusive blogger list.
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