October 28 - New Web Domain Names Get Preliminary Nod

	BizReport News  |  October 28, 2004  |  Issue 166/2004

New Web Domain Names Get Preliminary Nod Two new Internet domain names - ".post" and ".travel" - could appear online as early as next year as the Internet's key oversight board announced preliminary approval on Wednesday.   ADVERTISEMENT MarketingSherpa's Business-to-Business Lead Generation Summit: San Francisco Nov 18-19 Finally - A thoroughly practical (and inspirational) Summit for upper-level b-to-b marketers... Reserve your tickets today to MarketingSherpa's Lead Generation Summit and learn to improve your: -> Search marketing -> Direct mail -> Email -> Telemarketing -> Print ads -> Webinars & white papers -> Show booths -> Websites & microsites Click here for details!     Search Engines Google Buys Digital Mapping Company Google Inc. has bought digital map maker Keyhole Corp., extending the search engine leader's bid to fend off rivals with a toolbox that can catalog almost anything in the world.   Internet OutKast Tops First Digital-Music Sales Awards Hip-hip duo OutKast took top honors Wednesday as the recording industry handed out its first awards for music sold through Internet-music services like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.   Internet Voters Checking Out Other Sides' Sites Researchers from the Pew Internet and American Life Project and the University of Michigan's School of Information found Internet users were more knowledgeable than non-users about arguments that challenged their point of view.   Internet Bush Web Site Bars Overseas Visitors The Bush-Cheney reelection campaign has barred people outside the United States from viewing its Web site following an electronic attack that took down the campaign's Internet address for six hours last week, according to computer security experts.   Business Professor Deconstructs Dot-Com Bombs David A. Kirsch and a rotating staff of loyal students have created a digital database that lists more than 2,300 companies, archives that may someday prove useful in capturing the craziness of the Internet boom.   Business Web TV Start-Ups Show Programs Outside the Box Now comes a fresh group of contenders for the Internet TV throne. All are trying to exploit the increasing number of high-speed Internet links in homes and the declining costs for transmitting and storing digital video.   Business PayPal Makes Amends for Recent Outage Online payment service PayPal said it will essentially waive transaction fees for some customers on Thursday to make amends for the inconvenience caused by about five days of intermittent service outages earlier this month.   Business AOL Files Lawsuit Against IM Spam America Online Inc. said Thursday it had filed a federal lawsuit accusing numerous unnamed defendants of violating federal and state laws by sending bulk messages known as "spim" to instant message accounts and Internet chat rooms.   Internet San Francisco to Expand Wi-Fi Program The mayor says San Francisco plans to rapidly expand its free wireless Internet access program and will soon make free computers available at housing projects and community centers.   Search Engines Yahoo Unveils Mobile Search, Google Rivalry Rages Internet media company Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday launched its Web search service aimed at mobile phone users in the United States, opening a new front in its rivalry with Internet search leader Google Inc.   Business Cable Companies See Surge in Net Business The cable industry's foray into high-speed Internet service continues to pay off, with Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. both reporting hundreds of thousands of new broadband subscribers - and double-digit revenue increases.   Search Engines Experts: Web Searches for Sex Declining Internet users are doing far fewer searches for sex and pornography and more for e-commerce and business than they were seven years ago, University of Pittsburgh and Penn State researchers say in a new book.   Full coverage >>>     ADVERTISEMENT New! Search Marketing Metrics Guide: 169 Useful Charts on SEO & PPC Do you know if your search marketing clicks and conversions are as good as they should be? Or, if you're budgeting the right amount of money on optimization and/or paid search ads? Find out what 3,007 marketers revealed about their budgets, optimization results, click rates, cost per click, and conversions from search traffic. Click here to get your own copy!
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