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Google does not run shady domain, study authors say

Clicking on a Web address ending in .zip will not endanger users, the authors of a study that put .zip at the top of a list of “shady Web neighborhoods” said on Friday. Google, which owns the top-level domain (TLD) .zip challenged the study after it was published on Tuesday. .zip is one of more than 1,000 new TLDs that have cropped up since a liberalization of Web addresses in

Google does not run shady domain, study authors say

Clicking on a Web address ending in .zip will not endanger users, the authors of a study that put .zip at the top of a list of “shady Web neighborhoods” said on Friday. Google, which owns the top-level domain (TLD) .zip challenged the study after it was published on Tuesday. .zip is one of more than 1,000 new TLDs that have cropped up since a liberalization of Web addresses in