What’s In A Name: The State of Typo-Squatting 2007
Introduction
By the end of 2007, at least 8,000 URLs using the word iphone will be registered, according to a well known domain expert. The most valuable – iphone.com – is owned by Apple itself, but when Steve Jobs announced the product early in 2007, Apple didn’t own the iphone domain yet. One expert estimates that Apple paid at least $1 million to buy that piece of valuable Web real estate.
Among the 8,000 registered URLs incorporating iphone are community fan sites, rumor and hack sites and, of course, scam sites. Freeappleiphonesnow dot com claims to offer free iPhones and variants that don’t even exist (like the iPhone “shuffle” and “nano”.) The URL is nothing more than a redirect to royalsweeps dot com. When we tested the site, we received debt consolidation offers, get rich quick solicitations, “free” cell phone prizes and other questionable e-mail.
Caption: Example of a site which uses non-existent iPhone models to lure users into providing an e-mail address
Many of the iphone-related domains are misspellings, or typos. Iohone dot com, for example, was registered on January 9, 2007, the day Apple officially announced the iPhone. In August 2007, the site consisted of pay-per-click ads for iPhone-related Web sites.
Caption: Example of a typical typo-squatter page using an “iPhone” misspelling
Typo- and Cyber-squatting on the rise
Apple is not alone in enduring an explosion of 3rd party domain registrations related to a trademarked product. Typo-squatting, the practice of registering domains using common misspellings of popular brands, products and people in order to profit from consumer typing errors, is increasing dramatically.
Cybersquatting cases filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) arbitration system increased 20% in 2005 and another 25% in 2006.
Microsoft says that “on an average day more than 2,000 domain names are registered that contain Microsoft trademark terms.”
According to the US Government Accounting Office, at least 8.65% of all domain names are registered with false or incomplete Whois information, a practice that makes domain squatting easier.
More recently, in September 2007, the managers of the .eu top level domain suspended 10,000 domains registered by a Chinese woman who was accused of being a cyber-squatter.
Key Findings
In an effort to further quantify and understand this phenomenon, McAfee studied 1.9 million typographical variations of 2,771 of the most popular and well known Web sites. Of these, we found 127,381 suspected typo-squatters.
Among McAfee’s key findings are the following:
- Typo-squatting is vast and common, affecting every segment of the Web. 7.2% of the possible typographical errors we studied were actively squatting. In other words, a typical consumer who misspells a popular Web site URL has a 1 in 14 chance of landing at a likely typo-squatter site.
- The five most highly squatted categories are game sites (14.0%), airlines (11.4%), main stream media company sites (10.8%), adult sites (10.2%) and technology and Web 2.0 related sites (9.6%).
- Children’s sites are highly targeted by typo squatters. The average for the category is 8.4% and 24 of the top most squatted sites are children’s properties for kids 12 and under. Add in sites like MySpace and Miniclip and more than 60 of the top most squatted sites are properties that appeal to the 18 and under demographic.
- Squatters follow consumer crowds. Popular, consumer-focused Web sites typically attract more squatters than business to business sites or niche content sites.
- The incidence of pornographic content on non-adult typo-squatted sites is just 2.4%, suggesting improvement since previous studies by other researchers.
- Automated ad syndication services like Google’s AdSense enable a significant minority of typo-squatter sites to generate revenue. Google-enabled advertising shows up on 19.3% of all suspected typo-squatter sites in this study. Yahoo-enabled advertising shows up on 4.4% of all suspected typo-squatter sites.
- The increasing use of automation to buy and sell vast numbers of domains, combined with a 5-day free trial (known as “tasting”) for new registrations to top level domains like dot-com appear to be two significant factors in the rapid growth of typo-squatting.
- At 3.4%, sites popular outside the U.S. are less than half as likely to be typo-squatted as overall sites.
- The five non-U.S. countries most likely to have popular sites squatted are the United Kingdom (7.7%), Portugal (6.5%), Spain (5.9%), France (5.4%), and Italy (4.1%).
- The five non-U.S. countries least likely to have popular sites squatted are the Netherlands (1.5%), Israel (1.1%), Denmark (1.0%), Brazil (0.9%) and Finland (0.1%).
- The top five parking companies, ranked by the percentage of squatters parked by them, are Information (28.5%), Hitfarm (11.3%), Domainsponsor (2.9%), Sedo (2.5%) and GoDaddy (2.3%). Together, the top five park 47.5% of the squatters we discovered.
Methodology
First, McAfee collected a list of sites based on the most popular and common sites visited by typical consumers. A total of 2,771 target sites were collected from a variety of different sources, including:
- Hitwise
- Yahoo! Buzz
- Nielsen
- Billboard
- Google Zeitgeist
- McAfee’s own site popularity data
- Suggestions from McAfee’s world wide staff
Then, McAfee generated permutations (different misspellings) of each of the 2,771 target domains. Among the eight methods we used to generate permutations were:
- Swapped Characters – Swap characters one at a time. Example: yuotube.com.
- Replaced Characters – Replace characters one at a time. Example: wschovia.com.
- Inserted Characters – Insert one character. Example: Newgroounds.com.
- Deleted Character – Remove one character at a time. Example: cartonnetwork.com.
- Missing dot – Remove the dot between the “www” and the domain. Example: wwwmicrosoft.com.
We typically generated 500+ permutations for a 5-letter domain and 800+ permutations for a 10-letter domain.
Next, we surfed to each of these 1,920,256 permutations. If the permutation resolved to a live Web site within a certain amount of time, we marked the site as “live” and then tested the site’s content for the presence of a parking company signature – short pieces of text (often, URLs) that indicate a site is hosted by a well known parking company that serves pay per click advertising.
For some categories, we used our judgment to select the target domain. For example, in the celebrity category, we used firstnamelastname.com as a proxy for the celebrity’s official Web site. In some cases (e.g. parishilton.com) the proxy and official site are one in the same. In other cases (e.g. tomcruise.com) the actual site does not currently serve content. We used this method to simulate what we believe to be a typical consumer's effort to directly navigate to the celebrity’s home page.
In a related issue, we occasionally substituted re-directed domains for the final domain. For example, we tested http://playhousedisney.com rather than http://atv.disney.go.com
Rankings by Category
McAfee divided the 2,771 target domains into categories like Children and Shopping. This categorization was based both on classifications by 3rd parties like Hitwise as well as the judgment of McAfee staff. McAfee staff also broke out more than 500 of these domains for their popularity in a variety of non-U.S. countries.
We then ranked these categorized domains by the “percentage of suspected squatters detected.” That figure is calculated by dividing the base domain’s number of suspected squatted sites by the base domain’s total number of sites checked. This ratio represents the likelihood of a typical consumer landing at a squatted site after mistyping the base domain.
| Most Frequently Squatted Categories
| ||||
| Rank | Category | Average % Squatters | # of Suspected Squatters | # of Sites Checked |
| Top 100 sites | 22.4% | |||
| 1 | Games | 14.0% | 5,641 | 40,929 |
| 2 | Airlines | 11.4% | 1,563 | 13,243 |
| 3 | Mainstream Media | 10.8% | 5,232 | 54,511 |
| 4 | Adult | 10.2% | 4,931 | 52,134 |
| 5 | Tech | 9.6% | 25,769 | 288,431 |
| 6 | Auto | 9.2% | 2,333 | 28,283 |
| 7 | Security | 8.5% | 620 | 7,845 |
| 8 | Children | 8.4% | 7,804 | 95,795 |
| 9 | Music | 8.1% | 2,127 | 28,671 |
| 10 | Shopping | 7.9% | 16,166 | 220,679 |
| 11 | News | 7.5% | 6,629 | 105,971 |
| 12 | Entertainment | 7.3% | 7,460 | 92,456 |
| Overall Average | 7.2% | |||
| 13 | Financial | 6.5% | 11,598 | 184,506 |
| 14 | Fortune 500 | 6.3% | 10,524 | 204,700 |
| 15 | Gadget | 5.6% | 2,042 | 41,057 |
| 16 | Popular | 5.4% | 2,333 | 40,518 |
| 17 | Travel | 4.8% | 3,691 | 80,018 |
| 18 | Dating | 4.2% | 2,152 | 54,809 |
| 19 | Celebrity | 3.9% | 4,256 | 125,291 |
| 20 | Advertising | 3.6% | 1,000 | 30,433 |
| 20 | Global 2000 | 2.7% | 760 | 32,812 |
| 21 | Sports | 2.3% | 845 | 39,414 |
| 22 | Fashion | 1.6% | 392 | 30,301 |
For more inormation click the link below
http://www.siteadvisor.com/studies/typo_squatters_nov2007.html
Shane Keats
Research Analyst, McAfee, Inc.
The Moniker TRAFFIC Live Auction List and Bids
The Moniker TRAFFIC Live Auction List and Bids
On the Moniker/TRAFFIC Live Auction (Auctioneer Joel Langbaum) today at 2pm, I will try to post the live bids for the Moniker Live Auction here as it unfurls. (You can watch it Here with about 494 other people.)
Unofficial Results: (Subject to validation later)
Started at 2:35 PM
Venue Domain Name Opening Bid Range (High Bid:Result)
0. LousyInsurance.com (Proceeds to ICA) ($1000 #338 SOLD)
1 tickersymbols.info No Reserve ($750 #340 SOLD)
2 motorpool.com No Reserve ($5000 #106 SOLD)
3 comicbookstore.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($13000 SOLD)
4 chinesecheckers.com $1 - $5,000 ($6500 #153 SOLD)
5 speakerofthehouse.com $1 - $5,000 ($7500? #330 SOLD)
6 pleasureyachts.com $1 - $5,000 ($3750 #140 SOLD)
7 streetmaps.net $1 - $5,000 ($2000 #154 SOLD)
8 artdecofurniture.com $1 - $5,000 ($5500 #139 SOLD)
9 deposit.net $1 - $5,000 ($4000 #331 SOLD)
10 repossessedcars.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($7500 #334 SOLD)
11 tuxedorental.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($65,000 SOLD)
12 voicerecognitionsoftware.com $25,001 - $50,000 (PASS)
13 emergencyloan.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($13,000 #155 SOLD)
14 massachusettsrealestate.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($100,000 PASS)
15 downloadmovies.net No Reserve ($4000 SOLD)
16 virtualofficespace.com $1 - $5,000 ($4250 #124 SOLD)
17 poker.mobi $5,001 - $10,000 ($150,000 #309 SOLD)
18 discounttours.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($21,000 #137 SOLD)
19 borrow.net $1 - $5,000
20 officesupplystores.com $10,001 - $25,000
21 dogboarding.com $10,001 - $25,000
22 schoolteacher.com $25,001 - $50,000
23 tennisrackets.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($85,000 PASS)
24 goldplan.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($6000 #336 SOLD)
25 podiatrists.com $100,001 - $250,000 (PASS)
26 wifi.us $5,001 - $10,000
27 cash.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($12,500 SOLD)
28 debit.com $100,001 - $250,000 (PASS)
29 primeinterestrate.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($5500 SOLD)
30 411information.com $1 - $5,000 ($4000 #305 SOLD)
31 homebudget.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($5500 PASS)
32 checkcashingservice.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($13,000 #319 SOLD)
33 news.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($110,000 Phone SOLD)
34 homebasedbusinesses.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($23,000 #152 SOLD)
35 cholesterol.net $5,001 - $10,000 ($15,000 #137 SOLD)
36 cateringservice.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($27,000 #316 SOLD)
37 invest.net $25,001 - $50,000 ($25,000, PASS)
38 autofinancing.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($75,000 #137 SOLD)
39 bulldozers.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($70,000 PASS)
40 house.net $100,001 - $250,000 ($65K PASS)
41 crosswordpuzzles.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($210,000 #160 SOLD)
42 investment.com $750,001 - $1MM ($900,000 #309 SOLD)
43 newyorkcitymuseums.com $1 - $5,000 ($5000 #115 SOLD)
44 discountsoftware.net $5,001 - $10,000 ($5000 #335 SOLD)
45 cemeteryplots.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($15,500 SOLD)
46 cysticfibrosis.org $10,001 - $25,000 ($17,000 #147 SOLD)
47 europeanvacations.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($85,000 #119 SOLD)
48 globalpositioningsystem.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($20,000 PASS)
49 pensionplan.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($45,000 PASS)
50 sportsscores.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($65,000 PASS)
51 wallstreet.com $1MM - $5MM ($3M PASS)
52 golfclubs.net $10,001 - $25,000 ($30,000 #137 SOLD)
53 bankauctions.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($17,500 #303 SOLD)
54 discountcruises.org $1 - $5,000 ($3500 #331 SOLD)
55 virusprotectionsoftware.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($17,500 PASS)
56 teenchat.net $25,001 - $50,000 ($22,000 PASS)
57 paymentcalculator.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($30,000 PASS)
58 promotion.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($170,000 #316 SOLD)
59 taxes.com $1MM - $5MM ($1.2M PASS)
60 fastmortgages.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($55K, PASS)
61 email.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($50K #310 SOLD)
62 buy.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($32,500 #333 SOLD)
63 financialcounseling.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($13,000 PASS)
64 industrialengineering.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($17,000 #144 SOLD)
65 lotto.info $5,001 - $10,000 ($12,500 #333 SOLD)
66 sportsauction.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($20,000 PASS)
67 woodcabinets.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($20,000 PASS)
68 computer.com $1MM - $5MM ($2.2M PHONE #161 SOLD)
69 digitalcertificates.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($30,000 #310 SOLD)
70 delawareinsurance.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($12,000 PHONE #316 SOLD)
71 professionalshoppers.com $1 - $5,000 ($7000, PASS)
72 concertticketsonline.com $1 - $5,000 ($7000 #142 SOLD)
73 freemovies.net $5,001 - $10,000 ($7000 PASS)
74 medicaltranscriptionservice.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($6000 PASS)
75 aids.net $25,001 - $50,000 ($10000 PASS)
76 chocolatecandy.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($26,500 SOLD)
77 automobileparts.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($70,000 #137 SOLD)
78 crow.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($48300 #339 SOLD)
79 discountpetsupply.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($7500 #137K SOLD)
80 sciencefiction.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($230K? echo!SOLD)
81 poolsticks.com $50,001 - $100,000 (PASS)
82 tourettes.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($20K PASS)
83 tennisplayer.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($10K PASS)
84 snowmobileaccessories.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($10K PASS)
85 stockquotes.com $1MM - $5MM ($1M , PASS)
86 onlineinvestment.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($9,000 #309 SOLD)
87 organicfarms.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($57,500 #331 SOLD)
88 ethanol.com $500,001 - $750,000 (PASS)
89 schooltrips.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($12,000 #199 SOLD)
90 forsale.org $10,001 - $25,000 ?
91 pda.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($8000 #330 SOLD)
92 podcast.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($25,000 SOLD
93 elections.com $750,001 - $1MM ($500,000 PASS)
94 corgis.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($10.000 #159 SOLD)
95 certifiedorganic.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($21,000? echo! #137 SOLD)
96 sicilian.com $10,001 - $25,000 (PASS)
97 caribbeanvacations.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($130,000 #119 SOLD)
98 photographers.com $750,001 - $1MM ($500,000 PASS)
99 southpadreislandrealestate.com $1 - $5,000 ($3500 SOLD)
100 publicopinionpolls.com $1 - $5,000 ($4000 SOLD)
101 tollfreephonenumbers.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($16,000 #305 SOLD)
102 certifiedpublicaccountants.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($30,000 #142 SOLD)
103 ankle.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($32,500 PASS)
104 kuwait.com $500,001 - $750,000 ($500K PASS)
105 familycellphoneplans.com $1 - $5,000 ($2.5K PASS)
106 stmaartenrealestate.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($10K PASS)
107 sportsagent.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($20K PASS)
108 bloodtest.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($50K PASS)
109 shopping.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($55,000 #161 SOLD)
110 ringtones.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($145,000 #311 SOLD)
111 ghetto.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($70,000 PASS)
112 zipcodes.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($8,000 PHONE $161 SOLD)
113 incometaxreturn.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($30,000 #137 SOLD)
114 moneylenders.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($75K PASS)
115 deli.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($150K PASS)
116 copiers.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($200K PASS)
117 bookclub.info No Reserve ($4500 PHONE #316 SOLD)
118 hospitals.us $5,001 - $10,000 ($8000 #339 SOLD)
119 spaghettisauce.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($11,000 #347 SOLD)
120 luxuryyacht.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($20,000 #316 SOLD
121 reversetelephonedirectory.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($30,000 #137 SOLD)
122 communication.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($110,000 PASS)
123 prepaidcellphonecards.com No Reserve ($750 #306 SOLD)
124 exerciseclass.com $1 - $5,000 ($4000 #320 SOLD)
125 amusement.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($60,000 PHONE #159 SOLD)
126 lowinterestloans.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($20,000 PASS)
127 personals.net $100,001 - $250,000 ($75,000 PASS)
128 miniaturegolf.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($75,000 PASS)
129 cabletelevision.net $1 - $5,000 ($7000 #333 SOLD)
130 consumerelectronics.com $100,001 - $250,000 (PASS)
131 homemortgagerates.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($26,000 #327 SOLD)
132 startingasmallbusiness.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($5000 PASS)
133 lottoresults.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($25,000 LEFT BID SOLD)
134 homestereo.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($30,000 LEFT BID SOLD)
135 sportinggoods.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($450,000 #137 SOLD)
136 cowboys.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($275,000 PHONE #167 SOLD)
137 draftboard.com $1 - $5,000 ($4000 SOLD)
138 dentists.net $50,001 - $100,000 ($50K PASS)
139 carraces.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($8000, SOLD)
140 mortgagerates.org $10,001 - $25,000 ($12.5K PASS)141 carburetors.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($12K PASS)
142 math.net $25,001 - $50,000 ($30K PASS)
143 cigarbars.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($6K SOLD)
144 leatherfurniture.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($175K PASS)
145 renoapartments.com No Reserve ($4500 #318 SOLD)
146 fertilitydoctors.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($55,000 #305 SOLD)
147 glassblock.com $50,001 - $100,000 (PASS)
148 telephotolens.com $1 - $5,000 ($4500 #315 SOLD)
149 location.net $50,001 - $100,000 ($35K PASS)
150 venusflytrap.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($20,000 PASS)
151 cardstores.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($8000 #303 SOLD)
152 supplying.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($10,000 PASS)
153 scientists.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($50,000 #318 PHONE SOLD)
154 manufacture.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($90,000 #331 SOLD)
155 xmas.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($250K PASS)
156 electronicgreetingcards.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($10000 PASS)
157 fragilex.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($5000 PASS)
158 bill.mobi $1 - $5,000 ($3000 #338 SOLD)
159 businessclassairfares.com $1 - $5,000 ($8000 #333 SOLD)
160 allergymedications.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($16,000 #229 SOLD)
161 airlinetickets.org $5,001 - $10,000 ($8500 #331 SOLD)
162 malpracticeattorneys.com $1 - $5,000 ($18,000 #330 SOLD)
163 rapvideos.com $1 - $5,000 ($70,000 PHONE #316 SOLD)
164 loghomekits.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($20,000 PASS)
165 newlyweds.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($130,000 #333 SOLD)
166 mortgagepoints.com $1 - $5,000 ($2700 #303 SOLD)
167 bad.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($250,000 PASS)
168 documenttranslation.com $1 - $5,000 ($4500 #330 SOLD)
169 choppers.com $500,001 - $750,000 ($300K PASS)
170 oildrilling.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($7000 PASS)
171 idols.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($19,000 #318 SOLD)
172 semen.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($55,000 PASS)
173 banners.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($200,000 PASS)
174 basketballonline.com $1 - $5,000 (?)
175 election2008.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($10,000 PASS)
176 software.info $5,001 - $10,000 ($8500 SOLD)
177 christmasgiftbaskets.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($25,500 #137 SOLD)
178 scores.mobi $10,001 - $25,000 ($33,000 #333 SOLD)
179 estate.com $500,001 - $750,000 ($300,000 PASS)
180 girlblog.com $1 - $5,000 ($4000 #160 SOLD)
181 pregnancycenters.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($4000 PASS)
182 designstudios.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($8600 SOLD)
183 truckloan.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($16,000 #331 SOLD)
184 sambuca.com $25,001 - $50,000 (PASS)
185 singlesonline.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($125K #305 SOLD)
186 billyjean.com $1 - $5,000 ($3500 #135 SOLD)
187 yardsale.org $5,001 - $10,000 ($3500 PASS)
188 takepart.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($17,500 #314 PHONE SOLD)
189 grapes.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($75K PASS)
190 martialarts.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($200,000 PASS)
191 lastminuteairfare.net $1 - $5,000 ($4400 #299 SOLD)
192 pesos.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($20,000 PASS)
193 customrims.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($85,000 PASS)
194 races.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($75,000 #201 SOLD)
195 contraceptives.com $250,001 - $500,000 ($150,000 PASS)
196 drugrehabilitationprogram.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($8000 #159 SOLD)
197 individualsavingsaccount.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($3000 PASS)
198 conventions.org $10,001 - $25,000 ($10K #331 SOLD)
199 aircraftrental.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($17,500 #331 SOLD)
200 transplant.com $50,001 - $100,000 (PASS)
201 gasprices.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($200,000 PASS)
202 mucho.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($50,000 #154 SOLD)
203 constructionworkers.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($10K PASS)
204 explosion.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($20K PASS)
205 toasts.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($20K PASS)
206 table.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($260,000 #316 SOLD)
207 primaryeducation.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($8000 #144 SOLD)
208 trueconfession.com $10,001 - $25,000 (PASS)
209 americans.org $25,001 - $50,000 ($20,000 PASS)
210 eel.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($50,000 PASS)
211 epayments.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($100,000 PASS)
212 wednesday.org $5,001 - $10,000 ($3000 PASS)
213 demo.net $10,001 - $25,000 ($10,000 PASS)
214 freesearches.com $1 - $5,000 ($3500 PASS)
215 ustrademarks.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($10,000 SOLD)
216 emergencyclinics.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($10,000 PASS)
217 employmentreferences.com $1 - $5,000 ($2500 #331 SOLD)
218 energycompanies.com $1 - $5,000 ($5000 #152 SOLD)
219 businesses.org $10,001 - $25,000 ($12,000 PASS)
220 mainelobsters.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($45,000 LEFT BID SOLD)
221 hy.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($60K PASS)
222 homeloanrates.com $1 - $5,000 ($10K #327 SOLD)
223 criminallawyers.com $10,001 - $25,000 (95,000? SOLD)
224 wir.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($60,000 PASS)
225 public.com $100,001 - $250,000 ($50,000 PASS)
226 cab.mobi $10,001 - $25,000 ($17,500 #333 SOLD)
227 classiccarshows.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($12,000 LEFT BID SOLD)
228 emmanuel.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($17,500 #159 SOLD)
229 bathingsuit.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($160,000 #137 SOLD)
230 closings.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($40,000 PASS)
231 technology.org $50,001 - $100,000 ($40,000 PASS)
232 federalgovernment.net $1 - $5,000 ($5000 SOLD)
233 unitedstatesimmigrationandnaturalization.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($3000 PASS)
234 relative.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($30,000 PASS)
235 locally.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($20,000 PASS)
236 discountairfares.net $5,001 - $10,000 ($7500 SOLD)
237 artistmanagement.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($7500 PASS)
238 dock.com $50,001 - $100,000 ($70,000 #159 SOLD)
239 hatecrimes.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($20,000 PASS)
240 showme.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($47,500 #331 SOLD)
241 bestcdrates.com $25,001 - $50,000 ($15,000 PASS)
242 blood.net $10,001 - $25,000 ($17.5K PASS)
243 educationgrants.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($30,000 #144 SOLD)
244 sattests.com $10,001 - $25,000 ($17,000 #144 SOLD)
245 audit.net $10,001 - $25,000 ($12,000 #331 SOLD)
246 perch.com $5,001 - $10,000 (?)
247 commentbox.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($5000 PASS)
248 electromagnets.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($7500 #339 SOLD)
249 pressreleases.com $1MM - $5MM ($1M+, PASS)
250 helicoptercharter.com $5,001 - $10,000 ($21,000 #338 SOLD)
251 remodelingservices.com $1 - $5,000 (4000 #327 SOLD)
Search engine's stock passes $600
NEW YORK - Shares of Google Inc. surpassed $600 a share Monday to join five other stocks, including that of Chicago-based CME Group Inc., in that exclusive club.The stock rose $15.57, or 2.6 percent, to $609.62, on the Nasdaq stock market, extending a monthlong rally propelled by the lofty expectations surrounding the Internet search leader's impending third-quarter earnings report.It marked the sixth time in the past 12 trading sessions that the stock has reached a new peak, indicating investors are confident Google's third-quarter profit will be impressive. The results are scheduled to be released Oct. 18.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has the two highest-priced stocks in the U.S. The Class A shares closed Monday at $123,390, and the Class B stock finished at $4,109.99. The others above $600 are Seaboard Corp., a food processor and cargo shipper, at $1,841.01; Washington Post Co., at $804.95; and CME, at $625.
The shares have increased more than sevenfold from their initial public offering price of $85, bringing the 9-year-old company's market value to $190 billion, still less than Microsoft Corp., but more than bigger, more mature businesses such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Coca-Cola Co., Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp.It took 10 1/2 months for Google's stock to leap from $500 to $600 and more than a year for the journey from $400 to $500. The shares hurdled $300 in June 2005, after passing the $100 and $200 thresholds in 2004.
Analysts began predicting Google's stock would reach $600 at the start of 2006, when the shares were hovering around $420. Some analysts are predicting Google's stock will hit $700 within the next year, but the average target price for the stock is $614.64 among analysts polled by Thomson Financial.Google's stock has reigned as one of the hottest commodities on Wall Street because its search engine has turned into a moneymaking machine as advertisers spend more on the Internet to connect with consumers who are increasingly shunning television, radio and traditional print media.
On Monday, Google said it will begin showing YouTube videos on thousands of other Web sites, hoping to profit from ads attached to the clips. The expansion, scheduled to be announced Tuesday, represents Google's farthest-reaching attempt yet to cash in on its $1.76 billion acquisition of YouTube since the deal closed 11 months ago. Google already shows some video ads on clips on YouTube's own site.Google's U.S. share of the Internet search market increased to 56.5 percent in August from 55.2 percent the previous month, according to researcher ComScore Inc. Yahoo had 23.3 percent, and Microsoft owned an 11.3 share.The Web advertising market in the U.S. will climb 29 percent this year, to $21.7 billion, and then more than double by 2011, according to eMarketer Inc. Ads linked to search results will account for about 40 percent of that, the New York-based researcher estimates.If it gets its way, Google could become more powerful through its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of ad distributor DoubleClick Inc. The deal is being held up while federal antitrust regulators review complaints that it would give Google too much control over online ad prices.
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Man described as a top spammer arrested
SEATTLE - A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.
Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of compromised "zombie" computers to send out millions upon millions of spam e-mails.
"He's one of the top 10 spammers in the world," said Tim Cranton, a Microsoft Corp. lawyer who is senior director of the company's Worldwide Internet Safety Programs. "He's a huge problem for our customers. This is a very good day."
A federal grand jury last week returned a 35-count indictment against Soloway charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.
Soloway pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to all charges after a judge determined that — even with four bank accounts seized by the government — he was sufficiently well off to pay for his own lawyer.
He has been living in a ritzy apartment and drives an expensive Mercedes convertible, said prosecutor Kathryn Warma. Prosecutors are seeking to have him forfeit $773,000 they say he made from his business, Newport Internet Marketing Corp.
A public defender who represented him for Wednesday's hearing declined to comment.
Prosecutors say Soloway used computers infected with malicious code to send out millions of junk e-mails since 2003. The computers are called "zombies" because owners typically have no idea their machines have been infected.
He continued his activities even after Microsoft won a $7 million civil judgment against him in 2005 and the operator of a small Internet service provider in Oklahoma won a $10 million judgment, prosecutors said.
U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan said Wednesday that the case is the first in the country in which federal prosecutors have used identity theft statutes to prosecute a spammer for taking over someone else's Internet domain name. Soloway could face decades in prison, though prosecutors said they have not calculated what guideline sentencing range he might face.
The investigation began when the authorities began receiving hundreds of complaints about Soloway, who had been featured on a list of known spammers kept by The Spamhaus Project, an international anti-spam organization.
The Santa Barbara County, Calif., Department of Social Services said it was spending $1,000 a week to fight the spam it was receiving, and other businesses and individuals complained of having their reputations damaged when it appeared spam was originating from their computers.
"This is not just a nuisance. This is way beyond a nuisance," Warma said.
Soloway used the networks of compromised computers to send out unsolicited bulk e-mails urging people to use his Internet marketing company to advertise their products, authorities said.
People who clicked on a link in the e-mail were directed to his Web site. There, Soloway advertised his ability to send out as many as 20 million e-mail advertisements over 15 days for $495, the indictment said.
The Spamhaus Project rejoiced at his arrest.
"Soloway has been a long-term nuisance on the Internet — both in terms of the spam he sent, and the people he duped to use his spam service," organizers wrote on Spamhaus.org.
Soloway remained in federal detention pending a hearing Monday.
By GENE JOHNSON, AP Legal Affairs Writerwww.solowaysucks.net
www.robertalansoloway.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Soloway
http://www.spamhaus.org/Rokso/listing.lasso?-op=cn&spammer=Robert%20Soloway%20-%20Newport%20Internet%20Marketing
