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Intellectual Property Domain Name Scam Still Running Rampant

Bill Hartzer

There is what I would call an intellectual property domain name scam that companies are still falling for–and the individuals behind the scam have been successfully running it for over 10 years now. They want you to reply to them, so you can then pay them ridiculous fees to register useless domain names.

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Intellectual Property Domain Name Scam Changes to Brand Registration Scam

Bill Hartzer

They are making it sound as if they’re “being nice to you” and want confirmation that it’s okay that this other company register your brand name in Asia. I have removed the business name from the email: From: Mark Wang [mailto:mark.wang@dingscom.org.cn]. How did this company get your email address?

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Cherokee Letter Domain Names for Sale – Owner Recommends Their Use in AdWords Campaigns

Bill Hartzer

This has to be what I would personally call the most bizarre domain name sales pitch I have ever seen. The owner of a bunch of Cherokee Letter domain names is recommending that you buy his domain names–and use them in a Google AdWords campaign to commit what I would call outright fraud and deception.

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Domain Name Appraisal Services and Domain Name Values

Bill Hartzer

Now, Leapfish has brought back a popular feature of their site, their domain name appraisal service. Type a domain name into their search engine and they will attempt to put a dollar figure on it, telling you how much it’s worth. How much would that domain name make?

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DarthVader.com Given by Tucows to Rightful Owner, LucasFilm

Bill Hartzer

Now, Darth Vader (as in the domain name DarthVader.com) is now owned by its rightful owner, LucasFilm. Tucows Domain Portfolio Vice President Bill Sweetman commandeered the domain name when it was not renewed by its current owner–and promptly arranged for the domain name to be given to LucasFilm.

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TopSEOs.com Banned In Google

Bill Hartzer

At the Pubcon Conference today in Las Vegas, here’s the TopSEOs.com booth: A search in Google reveals that TopSEOs.com has been banned in Google: TopSEOs has been around or a long time, the domain name originally registered in 2002. Back then, over 10 years ago, it was a “secret” that was not typically disclosed.

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Managing Feedback

Idaconcpts

Start buying domain names now that are similar to your brand’s name, like “YourBrandReviews” or “YourBrandCompany” and keep these around. In situations where you accumulate negative feedback, you can build some highly optimize microsites on these domains to push those results out of your sphere of influence.