According to NAF Google Inc has won its case regarding the disputed usage of the domains: googkle.com ghoogle.com gfoogle.com gooigle.com Domain squatting, or more specifically, typo squatting, is an ongoing problem for any company with a notable presence. Within the IE namespace it is much harder for would be squatters to register the domain, never mind actually abusing it. … [Read more...] about Google wins domain case
feeds and mysql woes
I woke up this morning to find that MySQL had died during the night. Restarting it wasn't a problem, but my feeds were broken until I got Feedburner to resync. … [Read more...] about feeds and mysql woes
cdwow – gah!
I posted about issues with paying for goods online with laser a couple of months ago. Since then I have been in contact with CDwow, who assured me that they would resolve the matter. They haven't. Friday afternoon/evening is a good time for me to browse online shops such as cdwow and I would have handed over the bones of €100 today if their payment gateway had let me. It didn't … [Read more...] about cdwow – gah!
More domain scammers
There seems to be a cottage industry in domain scams. Every few months these scams come to the fore and we hear about them either directly from our clients or from other industry sources. … [Read more...] about More domain scammers
Tagging entries
There was some discussion on the Irish blogs group list some time ago about adding tags to posts. My problem with that was that I didn't want to make more work for myself ie. I like posting without having to jump through hoops to do "funky" things with my posts. A Wordpress plugin I'm currently testing should, at least in theory, make this a bit easier. You simply chuck the … [Read more...] about Tagging entries