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Yahoo’s Panama “Sensitive” Search Filter

Yahoo’s Panama “Sensitive” Search Filter

Jay Westerdal is one of the smartest guys in the domain space, period.  When he isn’t running one of the coolest internet infrastructure and data companies on the net, he’s nearly always writing some thought provoking topic on his blog

Jay recently wrote this illustrated primer post which nicely explains the difference between "Cybersquatting" and "Legitimate Generic Domain Development and Monetization."

After reading the piece, a couple of my friends noticed that I manage the singular "Potsticker.com" as well as the "Potstickers.com" plural. They also noticed that the results Yahoo returned for the singular version indicate that the singular is a "Sensitive Name" (the flag assigned to forbidden ‘illegal topics’)… Apparently at Yahoo "Pot Stickers" are a tasty chinese dumpling best enjoyed with hoisin or soy sauce,  but a "Pot Sticker" is something much darker and more illicit:

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Hmmm.  All this pointing out shortcomings in paid-search filters is giving me the munchies.

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