Google often "holds" domains (before something new is launcehd) with a service named Data Docket and registers the domain through MarkMonitor. The current domain name registration info been in place since approximately May, 2004 and is registered...
Google Registers A Few New Domain Names - The folks in Mountain View have registered a few new domains in the past couple of days, such as GoogleMagazines.com, GooglePapers.org, GoogleMicrofilm.com and GoogleLibrary.org.MORE”
GoogleMagazines.com also registered in the .net, .org, and .info domains. GooglePapers.org also registered in .net and .info domains. GoogleMicrofilm.com also registered in the .net, .org, and .info domains.
Google Registers "Movie" Related Domains covers Google picking up googlemoviereviews.com and googleshowtime.com. Yahoo Has Social Networking Patent Published on Yahoo applying for a patent on how to show info in a social network setting.
Other times, Google registers a domain to simply keep others from registering it. Is Google building a standalone movie info site to go head-to-head with AOL's Moviefone? Ads for local resturants, bars, etc.placed next to this info would sure seem...
Google has also registered: GoogleShoppinglist.org,.net, .info, .us, .biz Google has also registered: GoogleReviews.org, .net, .info, .us, .biz Google has also registered: Googlewishlist.org, .net, .info, .us, .biz
A Shift Registers in Willingness to Pay for Internet Content. Acting as a broker, this search engine handles security and access control, sending queries to the most likely authorized sources and collates the results.http://www.searchtools.com...
