Abstract: The present invention provides a new and improved domain name searching method and system which comprises steps selected from the group consisting of (1) downloading all zone files, public and/or non-public, associated with one or more host names; (2) performing reverse DNS on IPs associated with said host names in associated root servers and name servers; (3) crawling websites associated with said host names and seeking new hosts on known websites in different TLDs; (4) indexing all new host names found; (5) resolving the associated IP address with each host name, and with optionally appending “www” thereby; (6) storing DNS entries and indexing same while logging their association with host names; (7) repeating any of steps (1) through (6) one or more times.

Abstract: A system and method for collecting internet publisher data is disclosed in which metadata pertaining to the internet publisher is acquired in the context of a trusted relationship with the internet publisher to increase reliability of metadata utilized in the presentation of internet search engine results. In a preferred embodiment, metadata collected by an internet domain registrar incident to registration of an internet domain name is included among metadata acquired in the trusted relationship.

Abstract: A system and method for collecting internet publisher data is disclosed in which metadata pertaining to the internet publisher is acquired in the context of a trusted relationship with the internet publisher to increase reliability of metadata utilized in the presentation of internet search engine results. In a preferred embodiment, metadata collected by an internet domain registrar incident to registration of an internet domain name is included among metadata acquired in the trusted relationship.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new and improved domain name searching method and system which comprises steps selected from the group consisting of (1) downloading all zone files, public and/or non-public, associated with one or more host names; (2) performing reverse DNS on IPs associated with said host names in associated root servers and name servers; (3) crawling websites associated with said host names and seeking new hosts on known websites in different TLDs; (4) indexing all new host names found; (5) resolving the associated IP address with each host name, and with optionally appending “www” thereby; (6) storing DNS entries and indexing same while logging their association with host names; (7) repeating any of steps (1) through (6) one or more times.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates sharing authentication information between a plurality of servers within a distributed computing system. Upon receiving a communication from a client at a first server, the system determines whether the client is known to the first server. If the client is unknown to the first server, the first server generates a first identifier for the client, and then communicates this first identifier to the client. The first server also directs the client to communicate the first identifier to the authentication server, so that the authentication server can attempt to associate the first identifier with a known client.