Internet News: ICANN, Google-Yahoo deal, Trends for websites

Goodmorning it is Monday the 23rd of June, welcome to today’s Internet News roundup. Todays stories includes news from ICANN about the expansion of the domain names system, a Microsoft exec hits out at the Google-Yahoo deal, Google launches Trends for websites, and very close to our heart, an expert offers video enhancement tips… The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) is looking at methods of opening up the way in which top-level domain names are assigned and created. Icann chief executive Dr Paul Twomey told BBC News that, if approved, the proposals could significantly change the landscape of the internet. We can’t wait – bring it on. Kevin Johnson, a Microsoft executive, speaking at the Cannes International Advertising Festival responded to comments from Hilary Schneider of Yahoo! with the claim that the alliance is bad for competition in online advertising Google’s new Trends for Websites is Googles new tool to help people find websites based on demographic and geographical data – something we welcome and recommend as part of our third generation search engine marketing strategy. videojug chief executive Nancy Cruickshank said that firms should create a video site map, make sure that keywords appear in videos and allow users to rate each clip – great advice that we totally endorse, thank you Nancy That is todays news, I am David White, thanks for listening…