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Claiming An Infringement On Your Domain Name

Claiming An Infringement On Your Domain Name
By : Richard A. Chapo

A domain name is your address on the web, which can make it vitally important. So, what do you do when someone tries to move onto your yard?

If you work on the web at all, you know that domain names can be very similar. This raises the question of when one domain crosses the line and infringes on another. The issue is often brought up with larger commercial sites when others register similar domains.

A claim for domain name infringement is governed by the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy issued by ICANN. As a domain owner, you might be surprised to learn you have consented to this. It occurred when you purchased your domain, although you probably didn't read the terms and conditions associated with your purchase.

To prove your domain is being infringed upon, you have to prove certain things. They are as follows:

1. You must prove the domain name in dispute is identical or confusingly similar to a trade or service mark you have registered. In simple terms, this means you must show the other guy is using a domain that most people would associated with your business. If I have a trademark for ZipIt and someone is using a NET suffix of this, it is confusing for the public.

2. You must also prove the owner of the other domain has no rights or legitimate interests in the domain.

3. Finally, you must prove domain name is registered by the other party and being used in bad faith. Indications of bad faith include the other party tried to sell it to you or one of your competitors for more than they paid for it, the other party has done this repeatedly to other companies, the other party registered the domain in an attempt to intentionally steal your clients.

If you decide to pursue an infringement action, it is always handled as a binding arbitration. This essentially means the dispute is heard by a panel of arbitrators and their decision is binding upon you and the other party. The advantage of this is it tends to be less expensive than going to court, but your damages are limited to an act instead of money. Specifically, the panel can only issue instructions for the offending domain to be canceled, modified or left alone. The panel cannot award any monetary damages.

At the end of the day, using the infringement arbitration provisions of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy provided by ICANN is a good choice if you just want to terminate a domain you feel is infringing upon yours. The key to the dispute, however, is the fact you need to have a trademark or service mark first in most cases.
About the Author

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Online Business Start-Up Ideas - Get Your Own Domain Name Or Die Online

Online Business Start-Up Ideas - Get Your Own Domain Name Or Die Online
By : Cynthia Minnaar

Avoid becoming a statistic on the internet. Start your online home business off on the right foot by getting your own domain name. Having your own domain name and website is one of the biggest secrets to success online.

There are so many reasons why having your own domain name will make the world of difference for your online home business success, so let's have a look at some of them now.

By having your own domain name means you have total freedom as well as complete control over your online home business. Nobody can dictate to you what you can put on your site and you do not have to answer to anybody.

Your chance of success online is increased one hundred fold because with your own domain name and website you are not restricted at all. Affiliate links are restricted in many areas on the internet.

Learning html and optimizing your website for the search engines is one of the most important things you need to learn how to do if you want to appear on the first page of Google. By having your own domain name and website you have full access to your own source code and so you can select your keywords and optimize your website.

Another huge advantage is that when you choose your actual domain name you can incorporate your main keyword into the domain name which will give you an edge over your competition in the search engine rankings.

You will be able to add fresh content to your website e.g. you own articles, which again will put you in favour of Google and the other search engines.

You will be able to pick and choose what products or affiliate programs you wish to promote, nobody can dictate to you what programs you have to join.

Adding a free newsletter to your website which your visitors can subscribe to is a great way to build your list and you can install an auto-responder to take care of the follow-ups.

By installing a stat counter on your website that records inter alia the number of unique visitors, where they came from, what keywords they used, what page they entered your site on and left will give you invaluable information.

Using the Google tools such as Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools provides very valuable information and you will be able to install the Google code on your website to take advantage of them.

You can project your own personality into your website with design, colour, wording, graphics etc. The list is endless.

Exchanging links with other websites is now possible with your own domain. You could exchange links manually or install link exchange software. You will be able to host you own images instead of linking to a banner on an affiliate site. This not only ensures that your images always open on your website but will decrease the load time of your web page.

You will be free to add slide in adverts or pop ups to your website. You can add new pages to your website as and when you want as well as easily cloak your affiliate links and create sub domains. Monetizing your website with the use of Adsense or other forms of advertising will also be possible.

For special occasions throughout the year, e.g. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Mother's Day, you will be able to decorate your site for the occasion and offer specials.

As you can see from the above the advantages of having your own domain name and website are numerous and endless and yet so vital to your success online.
About the Author

Cynthia Minnaar is the owner of www.cyns-home-biz.com, the online business ideas site for internet income & marketing training, online business startup ideas & income opportunities. Choose your own domain name & start your own online home business today with an Income Generating Website set up free within 24 hours.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Domainer Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Domainer Mind
By : Todd Mintz

So, it is lunchtime on 5/22/07 and I'm looking through the news stories at CNN.com when I come across the following headline that catches my eye:

"FDA Approves No Period Birth Control Pill"

Why would a guy like me be interested in such news? Well, I've focused some of my affiliate marketing efforts in the area of "lifestyle pharmaceuticals" and birth control pills aren't really too far outside of that focus.

I also consider myself a "domainer-in-training" and I'm making a conscious effort to vet every article that I read for a possible domain name purchase.

Can I pull some valuable domain names from this breaking news? Let me look a bit closer...

Lybrel, the trademarked name of the drug, is definitely off limits as a component of a potential name (since I don't want to be sued) so I have to determine what combination of descriptive words people might type into their browser as a dot com domain if they are searching for information about Lybrel.

A quick perusal of the news stories on the topic gave me the one obvious answer:

"No Period Birth Control"

Then, I went to my domain registrar and, lucky for me, the following domain names were available.

* Noperiodbirthcontrol.com
* Noperiodbirthcontrolpill.com
* Noperiodbirthcontrolpills.com

So, I purchased them. As of this moment, Google is showing 55,700 results for "No Period Birth Control" (quotes included) and I suspect that number is going to grow much higher very quickly...after all, the product isn't even on the market yet.

I feel I had a profitable lunch.

About the Author

Todd Mintz is the Director of Internet Marketing & Information Systems for S.R. Clarke Inc., a Real Estate Development and Residential / Commercial Construction Executive Search / Recruiting Firm headquartered in Fairfax, VA with offices nationwide. He is also a Director & Founding Member of SEMpdx: Portland, Oregon's Search Engine Marketing Association.
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Start Driving Traffic And Revenue To Your Parked Domain

Start Driving Traffic And Revenue To Your Parked Domain
By : Muna wa Wanjiru

Most of us own domain names that are sitting around collecting dust. This however, will bring you very little if any revenue to your site. It has now downed on me that traditional domain parking simply does not work! These pages that you see scattered all over the internet, full of unrelated links to numerous categories works well for major web directories and portals, but not for your undeveloped domain name. Even if you earn a percentage of the advertising revenue on your parked domains, you'll find that users see your parked page and quickly leave, to never return again.

Traditional domain parking provides no value to search engines or visitors; Thousands of identical parked pages are online, with no content for search engines to follow or visitors to read through your parked domain pages, the visitors and search engines come once and don't return due to the stale, lifeless page. In order to get the most out of your parked domain name, you need a solution that outperforms traditional domain parking.

Millions of web users are searching daily for fresh, relevant content, and now your previously unused domain names can provide exactly that. Your solution should provide the following benefits that domain parking cannot even touch: You choose the keywords that are relevant to your domain name, provide REAL Content, articles and press releases are displayed on your completely developed web site, Add Fresh content to your website daily.

The only content that appears on your web site should be directly related to the keywords that you've chosen. When you do this, Visitors will bookmark your site and come back over and over again to read new articles on the subjects that interest them and brought them to your site in the first place. Search Engines Will Love Your Web Sites. As you may well know, Search engines follow, index and rank the web sites with real, keyword rich content. While domain parking is useless and will not rank on search engines, your web sites should be packed with quality, themed content.

You should then optimize your web site for search engines with the following features: Keyword rich titles on every page, Easy to follow index pages and automatically updated site maps and high keyword density. The layout and code should be optimized for search engines and New content should be added daily keeping search engines coming back for more; Duplicate content is a thing of the past; rotate article introductions on every page, based on your keywords and every page is always unique thanks to the power of the rss.

Your site now should be compatible with Google AdSense, Yahoo! Publisher Network, AdBrite, or any other ad network. Stop selling undeveloped domain names on eBay. Start selling fully developed web sites by loading your domain names with content and adding value to your domain name sales.

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About the Author

Muna wa Wanjiru: Stop parking your domain names and start driving traffic and revenue to your site. You can learn more about it here: Domain Parking
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Online Business Start-Up Ideas - Get Your Own Domain Name Or Die Online

Online Business Start-Up Ideas - Get Your Own Domain Name Or Die Online
By : Cynthia Minnaar

Avoid becoming a statistic on the internet. Start your online home business off on the right foot by getting your own domain name. Having your own domain name and website is one of the biggest secrets to success online.

There are so many reasons why having your own domain name will make the world of difference for your online home business success, so let's have a look at some of them now.

By having your own domain name means you have total freedom as well as complete control over your online home business. Nobody can dictate to you what you can put on your site and you do not have to answer to anybody.

Your chance of success online is increased one hundred fold because with your own domain name and website you are not restricted at all. Affiliate links are restricted in many areas on the internet.

Learning html and optimizing your website for the search engines is one of the most important things you need to learn how to do if you want to appear on the first page of Google. By having your own domain name and website you have full access to your own source code and so you can select your keywords and optimize your website.

Another huge advantage is that when you choose your actual domain name you can incorporate your main keyword into the domain name which will give you an edge over your competition in the search engine rankings.

You will be able to add fresh content to your website e.g. you own articles, which again will put you in favour of Google and the other search engines.

You will be able to pick and choose what products or affiliate programs you wish to promote, nobody can dictate to you what programs you have to join.

Adding a free newsletter to your website which your visitors can subscribe to is a great way to build your list and you can install an auto-responder to take care of the follow-ups.

By installing a stat counter on your website that records inter alia the number of unique visitors, where they came from, what keywords they used, what page they entered your site on and left will give you invaluable information.

Using the Google tools such as Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools provides very valuable information and you will be able to install the Google code on your website to take advantage of them.

You can project your own personality into your website with design, colour, wording, graphics etc. The list is endless.

Exchanging links with other websites is now possible with your own domain. You could exchange links manually or install link exchange software. You will be able to host you own images instead of linking to a banner on an affiliate site. This not only ensures that your images always open on your website but will decrease the load time of your web page.

You will be free to add slide in adverts or pop ups to your website. You can add new pages to your website as and when you want as well as easily cloak your affiliate links and create sub domains. Monetizing your website with the use of Adsense or other forms of advertising will also be possible.

For special occasions throughout the year, e.g. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Mother's Day, you will be able to decorate your site for the occasion and offer specials.

As you can see from the above the advantages of having your own domain name and website are numerous and endless and yet so vital to your success online.
About the Author

Cynthia Minnaar is the owner of www.cyns-home-biz.com, the online business ideas site for internet income & marketing training, online business startup ideas & income opportunities. Choose your own domain name & start your own online home business today with an Income Generating Website set up free within 24 hours.
http://www.AdSenseThai.Net

Domain name articles

Domain name articles
By : Jayesh Vasava

Domaining is sometimes a business for some people and sometimes it is a hobby for the others. The real domaining is an art, that very less people have the knowledge of. The work and efforts that some domainers are putting is real worth it. the competition is tough enough already in the market. Still there are some gems left and the person who can spot a gem is the winner in the end.

The art and the talent comes from reading and testing in real time rather then just hearing the wonderful stories that we hear everyday that some domain name got sold for thousands of dollars.

There are many online resources that do allow users to share their previous experiences and you can learn easily from reading it rather then just jumping right into the business and then learning it the hard way. For example I did visited a http://www.nameslot.com sometime ago that had plenty of resources on domain names and investing into the right domain names. They do have a buy and sell section and tips section where senior members share their ideas and let the new people learn from the mistakes that they have committed in the past.

This does save you lots of time and is also beneficial financially as you don't waste your time pondering on other things and you can start right on with the real things that does have value in the today's market.

Written By: Jayesh Vasava. The Admin of http://www.vavk.com
About the Author

Jayesh Vasava. The Admin of http://www.vavk.com
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