Re: [ga] ALAC Statement on SiteFinder's Suspension

["J-F C. (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:48 13/10/03, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> ICANN has called for "further evaluation and study" of the impact of
> SiteFinder. The proper question for VeriSign to consider is whether it
> will reimplement its advertiser-supported search as an option at the
> edge of the network -- where users can elect or decline to use it at
> their will -- or not at all.

If VeriSign is a serious operator it will implement SiteFinder in 
brainware. It means that now they know the typos of the people and what 
they usually mean, they will register that names and will send them to a 
reroute http://sitefinder.com page. They will then provide a 100% IAB 
compliant service taking the business out of M$ the same, just a longer 
db.file. They will then contact the site holders and propose them a 
package. This service being based on normal DNs owned by an affiliated 
company, they do not need any special authorization of ICANN. May be will 
they find a good marketing way to propose the service at $15 per year to 
the 1.000.000s typo names they have in stock.

So bad they have imagination enough for marginal businesses and killed 80% 
of their main plain regular domain name business and do not see how they 
could restore a broad part of it :-)

jfc