“Most Spam Sites Tied to Just 10 Registrars”

Washington Post: Most Spam Sites Tied to Just 10 Registrars
1. XinNet Cyber Information Company Limited
2. eNom
3. Network Solutions
4. Register.com
5. Planet Online
6. Regtime Ltd.
7. OnlineNIC Inc.
8. Spot Domain LLC
9. Wild West Domains
10. Hichina Web Solutions
I suppose that one way to give these numbers meaning would be to compare the number of ‘spam sites’ to the number of all domain names registered by that registrar.

Typosquatting Yourself

SciFi becomes SyFy. HT PC.

Total Number of WIPO Domain Name Cases by Year

YEAR NUMBER OF CASES
1999 1
2000 1857
2001 1557
2002 1207
2003 1100
2004 1176
2005 1456
2006 1824
2007 2156
2008 2329

Anticipating a Fraudit

Registration Ruminations reports that PTO numbers regarding the withdrawal of ‘inadvertently’ filed documents with the PTO suggests that people are following John Welch’s advice as to how to avoid a ‘fraudit.’

Some Net Policing Tools via Plagiarism Today

Some Net policing tools via Plagiarism Today.

CitiGroup Brings In Rem Action Against Various CITI-variant Domain Names

CitiGroup brings in rem action in Virginia against various CITI-variant domain names.
Complaint Citigroup in Rem

The Score So Far On Utah’s War Against Keyword Advertising

Prof Goldman tallies Utah’s (and 1-800-Contacts) war against keyword advertising (disclosure – I have represented clients who have been adverse to 1-800-Contacts).

Fifth Circuit Denies Yahoo’s Jurisdictional Appeal in American Airlines Keyword Case

Prof Goldman: Fifth Circuit Denies Yahoo’s Jurisdictional Appeal in American Airlines Case:

Yahoo’s principal argument was that the parties’ lawsuit was governed by its Sponsored Search Agreement, which had a mandatory venue clause requiring litigation in Yahoo’s home court. The district court judge did not respond well to that argument, calling it “completely nonsensical.” The appeals court wasn’t as harsh but still concludes that Yahoo didn’t make the extraordinary showing required to obtain the relief Yahoo sought–even though American Airlines is seeking disgorgement of its payments under the Sponsored Search Agreement as one of the requested remedies.

A Comic Strip About Search Engine Optimization

Who’d've thought it? RankedHard.com.

What Was It I Was Thinking About?

Something to ponder this weekend:
First, there’s this must-read piece by Clay Shirky. It’s a little bit about content, more about the disingration (and atomization)of the newspaper business).
Then, check out the various links contained in this Time piece about the Stewart/Cramer dust-up (note especially Prof Balkin’s meditation on the corruption and degradation of journalism, specifically business journalism).