Archive for March, 2009

How Long Do You Want that Domain

Friday, March 20th, 2009
Depending on your registrar, you can usually lock down a domain for several years if you’d like to do so. The question is, “do you really want to do that?”

Finding Podcast Hosting

Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Finding Podcast Hosting For anyone who wants to activate creating a podcast, podcast hosting is the superlatively important part. Before anyone can begin distributing a podcast, they propensity a place to feed the files and keep the feed file that will tell their subscribers about the spare episodes available. The super thing required is a realm name where the site will be located. Many domain registrars are available who entrust succour one register a domain mention for a small fee.

Reader Mail #88

Thursday, March 19th, 2009
This post , via Hacker News, on "How I made a lot of money via AdSense" was amusing. Basically, his business plan is "Take advantage of exploitable flaws in Google's search engine and AdWords/AdSense algorithm." He creates a site that specifically targets a keyword. He buys a domain for that keyword. He hires people to write filler articles for him. He buys AdWords for that keyword, and gets high SEO for that keyword. The cost of his AdWords traffic is less than his AdSense revenue. That'

Go Daddy Awarded Three New Patents

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Go Daddy gets three new patents, bringing total to five. The Go Daddy Group, Inc, parent company of domain registrar GoDaddy , has been awardedthree new patents this month. Based on a search of “Go Daddy” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Go Daddy now has five patents. Its previously issued patents include one for private domain registration (whois privacy) and a server based spam filter. The three patents granted this month relate to web design and internet fax: U.S.

Fast Flux Primer

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
In early January the article “ Have a Spam Free Year ” by Dan Blacharski, introduced the term “ fast flux “. Clicking on the image to the left provides an excellent visual of fast flux in action. About 2 weeks after Dan’s article was published, the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Fast Flux Hosting Working Group published an initial report on January 26, 2009. This group was formulated by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This report is obviously in