Comments on: Google easing into domain business afterall http://www.cshel.com/seo-sem/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/ SEO, PR and Technology Consulting Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cshel SEO » Blog Archive » Anything you register can and will be held against you… http://www.cshel.com/seo-sem/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Cshel SEO » Blog Archive » Anything you register can and will be held against you… Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:24:36 +0000 http://www.cshel.com/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/#comment-108 [...] Google easing into domain business afterall Bookmark to: [...] [...] Google easing into domain business afterall Bookmark to: [...]

]]> By: carolyn http://www.cshel.com/seo-sem/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-106 carolyn Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:34:59 +0000 http://www.cshel.com/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/#comment-106 I'm positive it isn't a financial move for Google. I was curious about what kind of offer Google had to make to GoDaddy and eNom to get them to sell their souls like that. It could very well have just been a "play nice with us or we'll just crush you like the insignificant insect that you are" type of offer.... but I suspect there were some dollar signs involved :) If Google were only interested in offering domain registration, they'd handle it themselves (it's not like they don't have the technology to do it). Google <strike>lusts for</strike> wants the years and years (and tens of millions of domains worth) of data to add to their "holistic evaluation" of webmasters/publishers. I’m positive it isn’t a financial move for Google. I was curious about what kind of offer Google had to make to GoDaddy and eNom to get them to sell their souls like that. It could very well have just been a “play nice with us or we’ll just crush you like the insignificant insect that you are” type of offer…. but I suspect there were some dollar signs involved :)

If Google were only interested in offering domain registration, they’d handle it themselves (it’s not like they don’t have the technology to do it).

Google lusts for wants the years and years (and tens of millions of domains worth) of data to add to their “holistic evaluation” of webmasters/publishers.

]]> By: Abhilash http://www.cshel.com/seo-sem/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Abhilash Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:11:37 +0000 http://www.cshel.com/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/#comment-105 Damn! Enom & GoDaddy?!? That's how they get around the obstacle of not being able to see behind the private registrations unless the domains are actively registered "with" them. I mentioned your work during my presentation on the "multiple site strategies" panel at SES. I don't think it's about financial incentive. Having the data and being able to create "webmaster profiles" allows them to know much more about one's porfolio of domains. The real benefit there is the knowledge. What can they do with that? Well they can much more easily detect and flush out those networks that are inter-linking or cross-linking, <i>even when those networks of domains are using all the tricks</i> (multiple hosts/c-blocks, de-centralized & random interlinking, etc.). It allows them to get rid of "authority-website-wannabes" much more easily, improving their search results and striking a blow against Yahoo & MSN. Nice work! (and yes, I DID call it! ;) Damn! Enom & GoDaddy?!? That’s how they get around the obstacle of not being able to see behind the private registrations unless the domains are actively registered “with” them.

I mentioned your work during my presentation on the “multiple site strategies” panel at SES. I don’t think it’s about financial incentive. Having the data and being able to create “webmaster profiles” allows them to know much more about one’s porfolio of domains. The real benefit there is the knowledge.

What can they do with that?

Well they can much more easily detect and flush out those networks that are inter-linking or cross-linking, even when those networks of domains are using all the tricks (multiple hosts/c-blocks, de-centralized & random interlinking, etc.). It allows them to get rid of “authority-website-wannabes” much more easily, improving their search results and striking a blow against Yahoo & MSN.

Nice work! (and yes, I DID call it! ;)

]]> By: WilliamC http://www.cshel.com/seo-sem/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/comment-page-1/#comment-102 WilliamC Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:58:39 +0000 http://www.cshel.com/domains/2006/12/google-easing-into-domain-business-afterall/#comment-102 Google has the kind of deep pockets that could easily have swung the deal, making it beneficial to the registrars. Abhilash called it correctly. Many have speculated on this for quite some time now, but this latest deal kind of puts the final nail in the arguement. Google has the kind of deep pockets that could easily have swung the deal, making it beneficial to the registrars.

Abhilash called it correctly. Many have speculated on this for quite some time now, but this latest deal kind of puts the final nail in the arguement.

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