Manila Bulletin features Domain Squatter

Wait, how the hell could they have reviewed that website?

I’d fire the person who put that in there just because you can’t possibly make a good review out of any domain squatted website.

Says a lot about the newspaper. Or at least their “tech” section.

It only shows that he is ”cramming”
Cramming just to put something on the newspaper without further research.

Careless!

Abe, it should be “domaining” not “domaineering.”

oh yes we are all too familiar with these domain squatters. How could their tech editors not know about this?

haha, whatta shame…obviously, the tech editor doesn’t know how to tell the difference between actual website and a landing page.

OMG! Alam na kaya nilla yan? Thats a big no no…

hey cool it guys. you’re not perfect either. apparently, the writer/columnist made a mistake but that’s not enough reason to namedrop nor judge him.

The article did say Parent Previews. So obviously it was a case of mistyping on the part of whoever made the screenshot. I do know that my editor was in Las Vegas when the page was closed last.

Some bloggers can certainly over-react! (constructive reaction puwede na) I see a lot of typographical and grammatical errors in some top blogs (like this one) but is anybody raising a holler??! Luke 6: 37-42! :P

Ajay, blogs are different from newspapers. Even if we make typos heer and tehre, we wouldn’t be that dumb to screen cap a landing page. And this error isn’t just bad, it’s puzzling why Manila Bulletin didn’t at least consult someone who does know something about tech before they decided to publish the article. I don’t care if the Tech Editor was in Antartica or the Cook Islands, it is still his duty and his staff’s (ergo, you) to check what goes into his section.

Andrew, I believe there should be no double standards here… it is still carelessness, whether a blogger OFTEN makes typos or a newspaper screws it with a screenshot.

And btw, check your facts. I am not staff of MB Technews, I am just a columnist and report there maybe once a month (reminds me to be careful with the next URL I give for Blog O Rama though)

Not to apologize for this boo-boo or even a serious matter like plagiarism. But obviously bloggers like you still have to know the workings of traditional media where mistakes CAN happen, DO happen. The last time I heard, a certain newspaper reported someone as dead when he wasn’t, so there.

P.S. Admittedly, this flak saddens me as MB Technews has been more than supportive of the blogging community. But in the true blogging tradition, it takes bloggers to be vigilant about what the other media does.

Bloggers, though, should not be above the law. Nobody pays you, sure, but you owe it to your readers (and advertisers) not to be careless with your grammar and what-have-you. Just imagine what a single typo can do… it might give you the wrong screenshot. Ooops.

Hari Skwatir – Sure, nobody is perfect but what they did is stupid. Call it as you see it, be your own judge. If I do something dumb, call me out. It’s cool.

dyosko di man lang ba familar sa mga ganyang bagay ang mg staff nila?

kaasar. maka apply nga dun!

ahahahah

… and there are 2 people being fired right now. :)

they should be more careful… . if this keep happening to MB .. i wont buy a MB copy in the coming days, weeks, months, years and in lifetime. sayang lang pera ko bili, tech news naman palagi binabasa ko tapos eto makikita ko? HELLO? pde i refund? hehe.

its funny though. its blogable… haha! MB screws the screenshots? lols!

pwn3d lol.

maybe some kind of cloak? hehehe, iba sa print readers and iba sa net readers.
nice catch,

I have been a part of a publication once. Typos and errors such as these are very common especially if you have a newspaper that circulates regularly.

Ajay may be right. It might be a typo or something.

And can you guys please be easy on the lay-out artist. e may not be the one at fault you know? Haha.

I wonder if they really have reviewed the wrong site.

I’m so glad I don’t read dead trees anymore. Newspapers are dead to me.

Art: Another Pinoy who can’t take criticism. Your angry because you see yourself in the shoes of the idiot. Not kissing Yuga’s ass but he has done a lot to boost the Philippine blogging and IT scene. People tend to stoop to violence when they can’t hang mentally.

Just wondering, is Manila Bulletin the number 1 paper in Philippines?

What about Manila Times and Daily Inquirer?

Have always thought Manila Times was the nation’s leading paper…

There’s “domaining” and then there’s “domaineering”. They are not the same. Domaineering is a form of legal and legitimate internet marketing used by business or others to advertise under a certain domain name that is generally optimized or targeted to a specific business or other interest. This is not as easy as it appears and may involve a considerable amount of creativity and market research to be profitable. Domaineers are primarily interested in selling online advertising space under their domains and not the domains themselves as found typically more often in domaining with it’s domain auctions. Domaineering evolved from a relatively new online marketing industry called domain parking or domain monetization. It should also not be confused with the cybersquatting of domain names which generally does not intend or perform any advertising functions. Please see http://www.domaineering.org for more information on domaineering.

Done right, one can make a decent money from domaineering. If you want to know more, go to http://www.domaineering.biz to learn about this new type of Internet advertising and domain monetization. Forget the speculation of domaining and move on to domaineering.

Abe…did you read the content of this bo-bo article? I’m looking at the snapshot. Is it just my eyes or what? Reading on the visible texts, it says…”Have you or your children ever watched a movie or DVD only to be surprised by the amount of language, violence, or sex it contained? If so, you’ll understanding of why you need to visit Parent Previews (http://www.par-…” huh, “you’ll understanding”? I think, palusot na lang yun sinabi ni Ajay na wala ang editor para masisi yun layout artist. Sangkatutak na blunder yan Technews ng Manila Bulletin. I think the section degrades the integrity of the paper.

Domaineering is the business of acquiring and monetizing Internet domain names for their use primarily as an advertising medium rather than as intellectual property investments for resale as in domaining. In essence, the domain names function as virtual Internet billboards with generic domain names being highly valued for their revenue generating potential derived from attracting Internet traffic hits. As with traditional advertising, domaineering is part art and part science. Often to be the most effective as advertising tools, the domain names and their corresponding landing pages must be engineered or optimized to produce maximum revenue which may require considerable skill and good knowledge of search engine optimization ( SEO ) practices, marketing psychology and an understanding of the target market audience. Domaineering generally utilizes a firm offering domain parking services to provide the sponsored “feed” of a word or phrase searched for. Occasionally content is added to develop a functional mini-website. Domaineers and some of those who advertise online using keywords believe domaineering provides a useful, legal and legitimate Internet marketing service while opponents of domaineering decry the practice as increasing the ubiquitous commercialization of the world wide web. Domaineering is practiced by both large companies who may have registered hundreds or even thousands of domains to individual entrepreneurial minded domaineers who may only own one or a few.

Domaineering is the Internet marketing practice of monetizing Internet domains by using them as an advertising venue. Learn about making money online in domaining at the http://www.Domain–Parking.com website today.

Now that G**gle has recently rolled out ads*nse for domains it appears that it has both recognized domaineering as a legitimate Internet marketing business and that that some companies find parked domains an effective way to carry their advertising to users. This more or less ends the discussion about domaineers being scammers or cybersquatters. In a seemingly 180 degree turn aboutface, G**gle has now become a domain parking service provider, giving it’s stamp of approval to domain monetization. Was this done because it got tired of parking companies nibbling away at it’s lunch? Being a business, presumably it was done with the profit motive in mind.