Archive for March, 2010
Godaddy stops registering cn domain name
March 25th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

As of yesterday, popular domain registrant GoDaddy has announced before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China today in Washington that it will stop registering “.cn” (China) domain names in light of China’s new restrictions that require more personally identifiable information from registrants. A recent article explained that “.cn” registry CNNIC (China iNternet Network Information Center) announced, [...]

Google's New Search Ads
March 24th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

Google has just taken PPC advertising to a new level. The following products are now offered to the paid advertiser: sitelinks, product extensions and comparison ads. With sitelinks, up to four text links can be shown below an AdWords ad. Up to 10 sitelinks can be selected by the paid advertiser. These sitelinks are keyword-based [...]

Google's Pullout from China and into Hong Kong
March 24th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

As of yesterday, popular domain registrant GoDaddy has announced before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China today in Washington that it will stop registering “.cn” (China) domain names in light of China’s new restrictions that require more personally identifiable information from registrants. A recent article explained that “.cn” registry CNNIC (China iNternet Network Information Center) announced, [...]

Which is better? SEO or PPC?
March 11th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

In a recent article (http://searchenginewatch.com/3639692) written by Kevin Gibbons of “Search Engine Watch,” Mr. Gibbons writes that at a recent SES London event, a debate took place as to which of the two was better. He adds that, at the end of the day, it really depends on both the customer and the worker. In [...]

Bing's Market Share Went Up – Not Enough Though
March 11th, 2010 by iRISEmedia Staff

It was recently posted in the following article (http://searchengineland.com/bing-share-up-third-straight-month-hitwise-37817) that Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer said his short-term goal for Bing was to gain a point here or a tenth there – just to slowly increase its share of the search market. The latest numbers from Experian Hitwise show that Bing is doing exactly that. Hitwise shows Bing gaining more [...]