Patent ID: 8370217
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: A) receiving a bid from a registry seeking a preferred placement on a domain registration website for a domain administered by said registry; B) generating, by at least one server computer communicatively coupled to a network, a quality score for said domain, wherein said quality score comprises a volume of domain registrations, wherein said volume of domain registrations comprises a number of domains registered by a domain registrar, a number of domains registered by a domain registrar within a 30-day period, a number of domain registration years, or a number of domain registration years registered by a domain registrar within a 30-day period; C) determining, by at least one of said at least one server computer, said preferred placement based upon said bid and said quality score; and D) displaying, by said at least one server computer, said domain on said domain registration website in said preferred placement.