Google says IPO registration nearly done

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Google to end IPO registration

Google to end IPO registration 08/12/2004 05:44 AM
Etaiwannews.com - Thu Aug 12, 08:39 am GMT

Google to end IPO registration tomorrow

Google to end IPO registration tomorrow 08/11/2004 06:27 AM
Baltimoresun.com - Wed Aug 11, 08:54 am GMT

Google to End IPO Registration Thursday
(AP)

Google to End IPO Registration Thursday
(AP) 08/10/2004 03:39 PM
AP - Google Inc. will close the registration process for its IPO auction Thursday, setting the stage for the online search engine leader's hotly anticipated stock market debut.

Google Gets Domain Name Registration OK

Google Gets Domain Name Registration OK 02/05/2005 09:10 PM
Story.news.yahoo.com - Sat Feb 5, 05:24 am GMT

Google IPO Open for Registration

Google IPO Open for Registration 08/02/2004 10:21 AM

Google files IPO registration

Google files IPO registration 04/29/2004 02:57 PM
Google Inc. has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock, putting the Internet search pioneer on its way to becoming a public company.

Google to End IPO Registration Thursday

Google to End IPO Registration Thursday 08/10/2004 12:28 PM
eWeek Aug 10 2004 4:12PM GMT

Google IPO Looms as Registration Closes

Google IPO Looms as Registration Closes 08/10/2004 10:12 AM
Source: TheStreet.com - Bidder registration for Google's initial public offering will close at 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, the company announced Tuesday morning. "The auction for shares of Google's Class A common stock will commence soon thereafter," the search engine...

Google to close bidder registration on
Aug. 12

Google to close bidder registration on
Aug. 12 08/10/2004 10:15 AM
Reuters Aug 10 2004 1:40PM GMT

Google sets deadline for IPO
registration

Google sets deadline for IPO
registration 08/10/2004 12:03 PM
There's still no word on the auction date. But the event is set to take place soon after bidder registration ends.

Google gets set to wind down bidder
registration

Google gets set to wind down bidder
registration 08/12/2004 03:02 PM
Reuters Aug 12 2004 6:49PM GMT

Update 3: Google to End IPO Registration
Thursday

Update 3: Google to End IPO Registration
Thursday 08/10/2004 04:21 PM
Forbes Aug 10 2004 7:51PM GMT

Google IPO Registration Closes Thursday

Google IPO Registration Closes Thursday 08/10/2004 11:11 PM
iMedia Connection Aug 11 2004 3:26AM GMT

Google opens Web site for IPO
registration

Google opens Web site for IPO
registration 07/31/2004 08:40 AM
Chicago Tribune Jul 31 2004 12:12PM GMT

Google Will Close IPO Registration
Tomorrow

Google Will Close IPO Registration
Tomorrow 08/11/2004 01:21 AM
dmnews.com Aug 11 2004 5:24AM GMT

Google IPO registration to close
Thursday

Google IPO registration to close
Thursday 08/11/2004 10:26 AM
San Jose Mercury News Aug 11 2004 2:41PM GMT

Google to close share registration
tomorrow

Google to close share registration
tomorrow 08/11/2004 02:57 AM
Silicon Republic Aug 11 2004 6:41AM GMT

Google to Close Bidder Registration on
Thursday

Google to Close Bidder Registration on
Thursday 08/10/2004 10:51 AM
Google, the Web's No. 1 search engine, expects to close bidder registration for its auction-style initial public offering soon, the company said today.

Google sets deadline for IPO bidder
registration

Google sets deadline for IPO bidder
registration 08/10/2004 10:36 AM
There's still no word on the auction date. But the event will likely take place soon after registration ends.

UPDATE 1-Google to close bidder
registration on Aug. 12

UPDATE 1-Google to close bidder
registration on Aug. 12 08/10/2004 10:15 AM
Reuters Aug 10 2004 2:10PM GMT

Google lowers IPO range; seeks SEC
registration approval

Google lowers IPO range; seeks SEC
registration approval 08/18/2004 04:37 PM
Google lowers the estimates share price range. Did brokerages deliberately sabotage Google's IPO?

Google Sets Registration Deadline,
Auction Next (Reuters)

Google Sets Registration Deadline,
Auction Next (Reuters) 08/10/2004 12:40 PM
Reuters - Google Inc., the Web's No. 1 search engine, on Tuesday said it would close bidder registration for its auction-style $3.3 billion initial public offering in two days.

Google Sets Auction Registration
Deadline (Reuters)

Google Sets Auction Registration
Deadline (Reuters) 08/10/2004 02:12 PM
Reuters - Google Inc., the Web's No. 1 search engine, on Tuesday said it would close bidder registration for its auction-style $3.3 billion initial public offering in two days.

Google Inc. Files Registration Statement
with the SEC for an Initial Public
Offering

Google Inc. Files Registration Statement
with the SEC for an Initial Public
Offering 04/30/2004 07:37 AM
Google Inc. Files Registration Statement with the SEC for an Initial Public Offering .. Google Press Release .. HOLY CRAP

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Google Alerts Bidder Registration
Closing August 12, 2004

Google Alerts Bidder Registration
Closing August 12, 2004 08/10/2004 02:07 PM
"Please be advised that Google and the underwriters expect the period in which potential bidders can submit a request for a bidder ID at www.ipo.google.com to end at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Thursday, August 12, 2004."

BugMeNot Registration

BugMeNot Registration 08/11/2004 11:51 AM
BugMeNot.com now requires registration. For employees, partners, affiliates or legal representatives of any site which enforces compulsory user registration to view content, that is. It should only take a moment.

Registration - BugMeNot.com

Registration - BugMeNot.com 07/25/2004 02:17 AM
If you're with a site that "enforces compulsory user registration", you're required to register with BugMeNot .. registration form like this

bugmenot.com/register.php
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Domain Name Registration

Domain Name Registration 08/22/2004 11:38 AM
control all my domains .. registrar of choice .. Network Solutions .. Email Services .. Web Hosting .. register it .. registrar .. Dotster, .. Dotster

dotster.com
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takes on registration

takes on registration 12/29/2003 06:06 AM
stomping

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Why registration-sites suck

Why registration-sites suck 07/20/2004 06:15 AM
Wired News has a good piece on the backlash against the growing trend of news-sites requiring logins to read their articles, covering automated tools like the Mozilla bugmenot plugin that automatically spoofs your logins to 14,000+ sites.

The point that everyone seems to miss is that no one can possibly keep track of a thousand passwords for a thousand websites, which means that these sites undoubtably contain recycled passwords (admonishments from security experts to never recycle a password are the infosec equivalent of telling people to "eat less and exercise more" -- simplistic doctrine that is vanishingly unlikely to be adhered to in the field).

The more you recycle a password, the higher the likelihood that you will use it in a sensitive context -- a bank site, a message board, an IM client, an auction site -- where someone might impersonate you or even commit identity theft crimes against you.

What's even worse is that while these news-sites are willing to spend the computational cycles necessary to receive your password, none that I've seen use SSL for their login, which means that the NYT and others demand that you send your password in the clear when you sit down at a WiFi cafe and want to read the password. This is a potential disaster if that NYT password is also a sensitive one somewhere else: it's a case of really callous disregard for user privacy and security. Link

TypeKey and Comment Registration FAQ

TypeKey and Comment Registration FAQ 04/09/2004 03:56 PM
We're compiling a list of answers to frequently asked questions we're reading about TypeKey and comment registration. We hope to...

AOL Developing New Registration Process

AOL Developing New Registration Process 08/04/2004 10:14 PM
America Online is testing a new user interface for the AOL registration process called "Prelude". Prelude has been distributed to several thousands testers, but, according to AOL, is not an indication that there is any new client software on its way. Despite disassociating Prelude from any major development efforts, AOL does have some tricks hidden up its sleeve. Fanfare, a next-generation alternative to the classic AOL client software for AOL for Broadband members, is currently being undergoing development.

There Are Alternatives To User
Registration

There Are Alternatives To User
Registration 06/24/2004 06:03 PM
Just last week we wrote about how many more newspaper sites were making the mistake of forcing users to register, even though it wasn't helping them at all. First, it was drastically cutting their traffic by keeping out all the casual visitors (and links from blogs or other news aggregation sources) who don't want to register. That is, it's reducing their ad inventory. Second, even that additional info that they claim would help them sell more targeted ads is wrong, since many users just use bogus information. So, they get fewer users and useless info. This doesn't seem like a recipe for success. Earlier this week, I sent a note to that effect to the Sydney Morning Herald, which is trying to implement a registration scheme. They wrote me back, ignoring my points, and simply cutting and pasting the reason for adding registration. Steve Outing has written up a piece for Editor & Publisher explaining why online newspapers don't need to go to forced registration. First, he points out that one of the main problems with forced registration is that the users don't feel they're really getting anything of value -- and it clearly turns off casual readers. Instead, he suggests setting up offerings that add real value to get users to register, while still letting the casual reader in free. In that way, you also get rid of much of the dirty data, by giving users a reason to be honest. It seems like a smart solution: you don't lose any visitors, and for a core subset of loyal readers you get good data. It's so intelligent, in fact, that most online newspapers will ignore the idea.

"a hilarious registration page"

"a hilarious registration page" 07/25/2004 02:33 PM

News site registration

News site registration 07/16/2004 11:46 AM

The single hottest topic in the online news industry at the moment is that of required registration. A number of large news sites (the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune) have moved to this model, and many local newspapers are following suit.

If you haven't seen BugMeNot, go and check it out now. It's a simple service for sharing free news site accounts, and it's started to upset some people in the news industry. A post to the online-news mailing list inquiring about possible legal action against the site prompted me to reply with the following:

The flaw here is not with BugMeNot - it's with the entire concept of user registration in its present form. The reason BugMeNot works is that there is absolutely no value to an end user in keeping their account to themselves. If you want to stop people from sharing their accounts, give them an incentive not to. This is not a difficult thing to do - I have a large number of accounts on different community sites which are used to contribute to discussions and manage my personal information. I would never dream of sharing those accounts with others - it would allow other people to impersonate me and damage my reputation. An account that only allows me to read content (a one-way interaction) is of no value to me, so why not share the account with others?

BugMeNot is not a new idea by any stretch of the imagination: shared accounts have existed for as long as sites have required registration for spurious reasons. For as long as I can remember, members of the MetaFilter community have worked together to set up username/password combinations of metafilter/metafilter on sites that require registration to bypass the irritation of setting up yet another account.

If you want to fight BugMeNot, the solution is to monitor the site and ban any accounts for your own site that appear there - but that's just fighting the symptoms. The core problem is the whole idea of registration itself: it's anti-web, anti-user, it doesn't scale and it's a sign of extreme short term thinking. Imagine if every site on the web required registration - no one would use it!

As a web user, I see registration as nothing more than an unnecessary irritation. Before BugMeNot I would simply hit "Back" whenever I saw a registration screen; now I use it to carry on through to the articles and accompanying ads. As a heavy web user who buys online almost as frequently as offline I'm exactly the kind of demographic sites should be trying to attract.

Reading the above a few days later, I think it still accurately represents my thoughts on the free registration model.

Adrian has also posted his thoughts on registration, which run along very similar lines to mine.

For a great example of the mentality behind registration, check out this sp iel from the Toronto Star (via Craig Saila):

Our main goal of asking you to become a registered member of thestar.com is to improve and enhance your online experience with us. Registration is an important piece of our long-term strategy in building a valuable audience for our advertisers and helping us in setting the priorities for future site development and enhancements.

[...]

By asking you to share some information with us we are able to increase the value of our site to advertisers, who help support the cost of producing one of Canada's top news sites, by offering them the ability to target their advertising messages based on the information you provide.

And that's the problem right there: as a user, the value proposition of having more targetted ads thrown at me just isn't a good enough incentive for me to jump through their hoops.

Why Trust Registration Data?

Why Trust Registration Data? 08/11/2004 04:52 AM
Online news sites say we should just believe their claims that information in their user-registration databases is accurate. But given the circulation scandals among their print brethren, why should we? Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.

Domain-name registration surges

Domain-name registration surges 06/09/2004 12:41 PM
ZDNet Jun 9 2004 4:04PM GMT

Registration 'nightmare' at UMass

Registration 'nightmare' at UMass 09/14/2004 03:55 AM
Boston Globe Sep 14 2004 8:10AM GMT

Los Angeles Times - Registration

Los Angeles Times - Registration 12/02/2003 12:28 AM

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