Google policing,protecting themselves,legitimacy factors,dn tasting,new regg rev$

[Biggie]

Tried to put keywords of what I have read "in-between the lines" of a blurp report in today's Sun-Times.

"Google promises Net address fight"

"Online ad leader Google Inc. pledged to foil efforts to tie up millions of Internet addresses using a loophole and keep those domain names from legitimate individuals and businesses"

This is an attempt to "classify" ..."legitimacy of usage" in domain name registrations.

"Google has begun looking for names that are repeatedly registered and dropped within a five-day grace period for full refunds. Google's Adsense program would exclude those names so no one can generate advertising revenue from claiming them temporarily, a practice known as domain name tasting--


From that, I predict that Google may start holding all click revenue on any new domain registration until the sixth day of continuous registration, including revenue paid to PPC services. Expect others to follow suit if that happens.

though the fallacy in their argument is...

no domainer would drop a name if it gets traffic, especially if there is revenue too, so it wouldn't be a temporary registration.

Now get this, they compare it to

"the online equivalent of buying expensive clothes on a charge card only to return them for a full refund after wearing them to a party
"

what are your thoughts on this?

Thanks

 

[Makis77]

party is over

 

[cyberlaw]

I have a recent blog post on this:

http://www.cyberlaw.pro/cyberlawg/domain-names/domain-tasting-under-review.html

Interesting that Google seems to be taking things into their own hands. That probably only helps the ICANN report that proposes elimination of the practice.

 

[draggar]

no domainer would drop a name if it gets traffic, especially if there is revenue too, so it wouldn't be a temporary registration.

Not necesarily true. Wasn't there a suit last year involvinf 3 "registrars" who would register a domain, let it drop in the five days, then another registrar would pick it up, drop it in 5 days, and so on. This new policy would kill tactics like this. They estimated they were doing this (still are?) with tens of thousands of domains.

I think they should get rid of the grace period as it is, maybe allow a partial refund, or a small fee ($0.50?) per domain to be cancelled within the grace period.