Gigalaw.com reports that a French court has ruled against Google. The online giant's adwords program allowed competitors of Louis Vuitton to bid on keywords associated with the brand which, in the eyes of the court, infringed the brand's trademark. via - full story … [Read more...] about Adwords Puts Google In Hot Water
Archives for June 2006
Yet another phish
This time it's Bank of Ireland..... Not a particularly complex phish, but usual failures of a cultural nature show up the weaknesses I doubt if Bank of Ireland would ever "apologize" for anything unless they suddenly became American … [Read more...] about Yet another phish
What’s the weirdest domain you own?
I register a lot of domains for different purposes. Sometimes it's simply a case of checking if something works or not.. In the process I've ended up with some really odd domains.. so I was wondering, What's the weirdest or strangest domain you own? … [Read more...] about What’s the weirdest domain you own?
More Google Service Blogs
Similar to Microsoft, Google have embraced blogs as a form of communication. With each new service seems to come a new blog.... Adwords, Adsense and even Analytics all have blogs. If you are "power" user of any of these services it is well worth subscribing to the RSS feeds, as you may pick up some useful tips. … [Read more...] about More Google Service Blogs
ccTLD and other non gTLD numbers …
The last week has seen some interesting news in the world of regional domains. Eurid's latest statistics show that they will hit the 2 million domain mark very soon. Of course there's no easy way to see how many of them are actually valid and what's more worrying is the registry's attitude towards this. AFNIC, the French registry, published an initial report of their … [Read more...] about ccTLD and other non gTLD numbers …