Posts Tagged ‘Wikipedia’
Domain hijacking is the process by which internet domain names are stolen from the rightful registrant. Domain theft is an aggressive form of domain hijacking that usually involves an illegal act. In most cases, identity theft is used to trick the domain registrar into allowing the hijacker to change the registration information to steal control of a domain from the legitimate owner. - says Wikipedia . Domain theft or Domain Hijaking, is what we have seen for years. The most surprising fac
The Dangerous Myth of Domain Type-In Traffic
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
I’ve always believed that ‘type-in traffic’ for undeveloped keyword domains was vastly over-exagerated. Now I have the figures to prove it. For the unitiated, Wikipedia explains ‘type-in traffic’ as …visitors landing at a web site by entering a keyword or phrase … in the web browser’s address bar (and adding .com or in a mobile browser address bar … rather than following a hyperlink from another web page, using a browser bookmark, or a search-box search. Given some success stories
Wikipedia Threatens Artists for Fair Use (Electronic Frontier Foundations)
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Can a noncommercial critical website use the trademark of the entity it critiques in its domain name? Surprisingly, it appears that the usually open-minded folks at Wikipedia think not.
Cognitive Dissonance
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
From Wikipedia: In psychology, cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling or stress caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. Steve Beshear must surely be feeling some dissonance today. After promoting bringing casinos to Kentucky for the last year, he's trying to seize control of gambling Internet domains, referring to the gaming sites as "leeches on our communities." Such harsh condemnation! Why, he sounds like one of the anti-gambing ministers who railed against the c
