Comments on: Harvard Professor Says Google is Profiting From Typo-Squatting

By: Google Clawbacks on Parking Programs ? | Take Best Domain Name!

Google Clawbacks on Parking Programs ? | Take Best Domain Name! — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:08:18 +0000

[...] the traffic is coming from and adjusting payouts accordingly. It surely doesn’t help that Google’s role in monetizing trademark domain names is also under the microscope now. From DNN sources, Google contracts reportedly allow for a ‘clawback’ on previously [...]

By: Google Clawbacks on Parking Programs ? | Domain Name News

Google Clawbacks on Parking Programs ? | Domain Name News — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:53:26 +0000

[...] the traffic is coming from and adjusting payouts accordingly. It surely doesn’t help that Google’s role in monetizing trademark domain names is also under the microscope now.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:14:07 +0000

Matt, it’s probably more. try 2-3x ;)

By: Apogee Weblog

Apogee Weblog — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:39:18 +0000

Harvard Professor Says What Apogee Weblog Readers Already Know…

Yesterday, via Domain Name News, I read this post: Harvard Professor Says Google is Profitting From Typo Squatting. Readers of Apogee Weblog have been aware of this issue for years. For instance……

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:25:48 +0000

They will abandon profiting from typo in the domain business. Currently the domain business is 3% of their total profits, which is actually a lot, but from what I’ve read out there they are working on a new system that will disable typos from being monetized via the AFD feed.

By: UFO.ORG

UFO.ORG — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:46:03 +0000

If Google offered the service where registered trademark holders could pay to cancel out variations of their marks then many typosquaters would fold.

More importantly, Google can be sued where it profits from an illegal act. Each time a typosquatter profits from another

By: R

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:16:53 +0000

this guy is still dicking around the man pool? I thought since Eliot Spitzer got done playing butt-darts with this dood he’d stop picking on online advertising. Maybe Edelman will serve the same fate when he gets caught with a high-priced male hooker.