Search Herald

How lame is this!? Mister ex-Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, has launched - get this - his own search engine!!  Not only that, by using his crappy search engine you are automatically entered into a contest to win - get this - tickets to his private birthday party!!  Oh Yeah!!  The newly launched site proudly proclaims, “Every time you search the web you stand a chance of winning a prize from Kevin Federline. Its that simple. Really.”

Now, I hope I don’t shatter anybody’s opinion of Kevin with this information but I’m sorry to have to tell you he did not actually create the search engine technology himself. Search With Kevin is actually just Yahoo with Kevin’s picture on top, along with his catch phrase, ‘Play With Fire!’ Anyway, needless to say from now on I will be using Search with Kevin exclusively for all my searches, I can’t wait until the search bar comes out for Firefox!

Google has just put into beta a program which would allow advertisers to pay affiliates depending on what actions are performed on their website by users once they reach your site.  For example, signing up for a newsletter or filling out a contact form would generate one rate of payment, while purchasing a product or opening an account would generate a different payout. (more…)

Microsoft has released a report detailing their method of seeking out and exposing fake web pages. These are those pages you sometimes are re-directed to through a convoluted series of false-doorways and the like, which consist only of advertising and content which is usually cut and pasted from ‘real’ web pages. Interestingly, Microsoft’s findings show that most of these junk pages come from just two web hosts, and almost 70% of the advertising come from only 3 advertising syndicators. (more…)

I’ve been following with interest the recent metdown occurring with Registerfly and as more and more sordid details see the light of day the story is getting jucier by the minute. The popular domain name registrar has been the source of a growing number of complaints over the past few months. A website, registerflies.com, has even been put up specifically to detail complaints about the embattled company, which finally had their Registration Accomodation Agreement (RAA) revoked by ICANN last Friday. (more…)