RE: UKNM: Marketing Quality Domains/aka cybersquatting?

[Bunder, Leslie]

I've seen in searches that the Netscape keywords give you the .com,  .net

and .org   sites listed, but it seems to be hit and miss,  try music and you

get something, but try fork and it tries to resolve to fork.com while pencil

goes to pencil.com  so don't really know how they pick and choose their

names to be keywords.


have you tried realnames (www.realnames.com) and getting chopstix as a real

name word.  I think they charge $100 for that.


Leslie


 > ----------

 >

From: Ian Fenn[SMTP:ianchopstix [dot] co [dot] uk]

 > Sent: 	24 January 2000 20:38

 >

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

 > Subject: 	RE: UKNM: Marketing Quality Domains/aka cybersquatting?

 > 

 > At 09:54 24/01/00 +0000, Leslie Bunder wrote:

 >  >Yes, I can see yiour point, in that it is irratating that he's a a

 > domain

 >  >that is not in use, while yours is being built up.

 > 

 > The main issue is with systems such as Netscape's Internet Keywords. They

 > say:

 > 

 > Get instant access to information anywhere on the Internet just by

 > entering 

 > what you're looking for in your Netscape browser. With Internet Keywords, 

 > you can quickly find what you're looking for. No need to visit a search 

 > engine page or to remember a specific URL or web address. How does it

 > work? 

 > Just type a company name or a common term in the browser location box at 

 > the top of your Netscape browser (version 4.06 or above), and press enter.

 > 

 > So, type in "Chopstix", which my site is commonly known as, and you get a 

 > page saying:

 > 

 > "This Web site is no longer active. We apologize for the inconvenience."

 > 

 > That's crap.

 > 

 > And Netscape offer no way for me to correct the information. Ideally they 

 > should bring up a page that offers visitors links to all the registered 

 > Chopstix sites, not just the dot.com... they could also run a banner ad 

 > against these links and earn some more cash... but what do I know?

 > 

 > All the best,

 > 

 > --

 > Ian Fenn MA

 > Chief web architect, Chopstix Media Limited

 > http://www.chopstix.co.uk/ - Runner-up, yell uk web awards ninety nine 



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