[Moved from "Microsoft takes control of Kumo.com domain – watch out for the Live Search rebrand" – Tony]
Link:
http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/11/23/microsoft-takes-control-of-kumo-com-domain-watch-out-for-the-live-search-rebrand.aspx
When visiting
http://www.kumo.com/
you'll see
Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://www.kumo.com/" on this server.
Reference #18.b64dxxxx.xxxx7517300.af11e
This is what the Whois data says:
Whois Record
Registrant:
Microsoft Corporation
Domain Administrator
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
US
+1.4258828080 Fax: +1.4259367329
Domain Name: KUMO.COM
Registrar of Record: Corporate Domains, Inc. |
More info on the domain:
http://www.robtex.com/dns/www.kumo.com.html
It's currently a CNAME for search.live-int.com.edgesuite-staging.net |
Q: How do you beat Google at the search engine game?
[ ] create a better search engine
[ ] rebrand your product until it has a cool name |
