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Josh Bourne ⬥ 1 February At the heart of online marketing is the goal of attracting visitors to Web sites and engaging with them in ways that deliver lasting and memorable impressions.  There are a variety of elements that go into an effective online marketing campaign, including search engine marketing but also radio, print, outdoor, […]

Josh Bourne ⬥ 5 January TechCrunch recently picked up MacRumor’s report on Apple’s assumed possession of the domain name islate.com. MacRumor found that the whois information for the domain name lists “DNStination, Inc.”, a profile often used by corporate registrar MarkMonitor to “mask” domain ownership on behalf of their clients. The article also points out

Josh Bourne ⬥ 31 December I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! After time spent worrying about things such as finalizing plans and buying Christmas presents, it’s always good to finally get the chance to slow down and enjoy time with family. It was my baby girl’s first Christmas, so it was definitely a special

Steve Levy ⬥ 14 December Imagine that you’re one of the top-selling producers of snack cakes under a very famous 90-year-old brand. Next, imagine that someone has registered a domain that is identical to your brand and that this someone happens to be a domain investor who owns thousands of names and has been on

Josh Bourne ⬥ 11 December Many of us in the U.S. are familiar with Toys for Tots, the charitable program that collects new toys every holiday season to distribute to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts.  Run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) since 1947, Toys for Tots is one of

Phil Lodico ⬥ 9 December McAfee, one of the leading manufacturers of anti-virus and security software, recently released a report titled “Mapping the Mal Web” that analyzes the relative risk of top-level domains (TLDs).  The TLD for Cameroon, .CM, ranked at the top of the world’s riskiest TLDs.  Alarmingly, .COM took second place on McAfee’s

Josh Bourne ⬥ 30 November One of the most common practices in domain name speculation is for individuals to register domain names related to current events immediately after news of the incident breaks.  Particularly popular targets for this practice are celebrities – it seems that whenever a star is involved in an activity that attracts

Steve Levy ⬥ 23 December Since our report a week ago on the hostess.com decision, a claim under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) has been filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by Goodwill Industries International, Inc. against Cyber2Media, Inc., the owner of the domain goodwill.com. As with the

Josh Bourne ⬥ 18 November I just returned from a trip to Romania to visit friends and hunt geese, pheasant and partridge. I really enjoyed my time in the countryside down the Danube River.  We also spent a day in Bucharest, a beautiful city with striking architecture and charming streets. It even has its own

Steve Levy ⬥ 13 November On October 9th, I posted an entry on Glenn Beck filing a UDRP complaint with WIPO over the domain name <glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com> On October 29th, a WIPO Panel issued its decision denying transfer of the domain.  The claim made by Glenn Beck and his media company was that the domain was

Steve Levy ⬥ 6 November Earlier this year the National Arbitration Forum, (“NAF”) rejected a UDRP complaint brought by the Automobile Association of America (“AAA”) against the owner of the domain <aaa.net> (the NAF decision can be found here.) The AAA then pursued the matter in Federal Court and gained control of the domain after

Josh Bourne ⬥ 30 October After reading a recent announcement that Verizon will be collaborating with Google to offer Android mobile phones of Verizon’s 3G service network, I checked out the domain verizonandroid.com. What I found when I visited verizonandroid.com was an example of what I have observed as a growing trend – a site