walkman - 6:39 am on Jan 26, 2008 (gmt 0)

It's official:
[news.google.com...]

Now, Google is doing something about it, the company said in a statement Friday. Its new kiting detection system is to take effect Feb. 11. "We have long discouraged domain kiting as a practice," the company said. "In order to more effectively deter it, we are launching a new domain kiting detection system. If we determine that a domain is being kited, we will not allow Google ads to appear on the site. We believe that this policy will have a positive impact for users and domain purchasers across the web." Jay Westerdal, president of Name Intelligence Inc., a company that analyzes domain-name patterns, first reported Google's plans on his Domain Tools blog on Thursday, citing Google sources that said the company would stop the practice by not allowing registrants to make money from websites that are less than five days old.

[cbc.ca...]