Yahoo takes a lot of heat for always playing catch up to its cross-valley rival, Google (GOOG). But Yahoo did do something back in 2004 that, while small, deserves some credit–it registered the domain name Yahoo.cm. That’s right, .cm, which is the country code for the West African country of Cameroon and one easy typo away from the all-powerful .com. Google, on the other hand, never did register its domain name with Camtel, the registry for Cameroon–and that little oversight has become a bit of a headache for Google.
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But Google wasn’t happy to discover the .cm play. A Google spokesman told me the company very much considers Google.cm an infringement of its trademark, and that its lawyers had been in touch with Ham’s attorneys.
Those Googlers have the nerve to say anything here? Just amazing! These are the biggest opportunists on the planet. How about Google taking advantage of Yahoo and all the rest of the internet?
Google has partnerships with computer hardware makers like Dell or Gateway to set the default search and the homepage to Google on new computers. By default, if you type a non-existent address in Internet Explorer’s address bar, you’re sent to a special Microsoft homepage that suggests some related links. Google decided this is a lucrative feature, so they install a Browser Address Error Redirector that replaces Microsoft’s redirects. Here’s the explanation:
This page was generated because of one of these two reasons:
* The web address you typed did not resolve correctly.
* You typed a keyword query in the browser address bar.This page is meant to provide you with helpful related content, including web search results and paid advertisements, based on the meaning of the web address/keyword query that you typed. This program can be uninstalled from the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs. Look for the application named “Browser Address Error Redirector”. Older versions may be called “GoogleAFE”.
And what about domain searches on the google.com homepage, where they do not list the domain but instead list other sites, even though the intent was clearly a specific web address?
See examples for “sevenmile.com” search where the first result is:
“www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/14209″
I find this ironic to say the least.
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