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Google Buys Illegal +.com Domain Name on Domain Aftermarket

Bill Hartzer

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.

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Claim Your HubPages Subdomain – Now!

Small Business Mavericks

Remember when Facebook first opened up personal domain names? You could get your own name and it was on a first-come, first-serve basis. Well, recently, HubPages has decided to give you your own subdomain and you better hurry if you want it to be your name. Another benefit to you is reputation management.

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Facebook Sues Over Massive Cybersquatting Attack on Its Brand

Bill Hartzer

Facebook , the social network, has filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California, claiming trademark infringement. et al&# , involves a lot of domain names, which are essentially “typos&# and other names that closely related to the Facebook.com domain name. Cyber2Media, Inc.

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Spring Cleaning For Your Blog – How A Little Work Can Drive Search Engine And Social Media Traffic

SocMed Sean

Remember, the more you clean up those old posts the more they will pay you back with increased search engine traffic or organic traffic from social networks like Twitter and Facebook. Setting aside a few hours to do the work is ideal, but if you can spare 10-15 minutes each day to review old posts, it will be worth your effort.

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Are You a Digital Landowner or Sharecropper?

Waxing UnLyrical

Social networks are great for business. It is understandable, then, why business owners are flocking to set up shop on social networks and sometimes forgoing the building their own websites in favor of a social network presence. Guest post by Cal Evans. Is this the smart way to go though?

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Choosing a blogging service: Blogger, Tumblr or Wordpress

Mindjumpers

There are pros and cons for all of them, but it depends a lot on whether you want to spend any money, want to have your own domain name, what kind of options and functionalities you want and what kind of skills you have in doing the design and maybe programming. I will go through to most widely used blogging services.

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Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Their domain name Their post type – length, frequency and value. Their Domain Name Another great thing to analyze from these blogs is their domain name. I personally believe that your domain name will affect your blogging career and how people look at your blog. All this info.

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