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The Frustration of Broken Links

Time for me to vent a little.

Is there anything more frustrating than exploring a website and coming across repetitive broken links?  I know it will happen from time to time and I guess that’s alright but its those times where you’re really getting into the subject at hand, you’re seeking more information, and –blam—end of story.

I guess the really annoying thing is that it is not that hard to have links that work, especially if the links that are broken are internal links to other areas of your website.  Broken external links are a different ballgame, the webmaster may not have 100% control of the link and hasn’t found that it is broke yet.  That’s another reason to explore your own site sometime and see if anything looks wrong.

Well, thanks for letting me bend your ear a bit.

Domain Name Trademarks
By Richard Chapo

As your Internet business grows, the value of your domain name
increases. The issue of a domain name trademark should move to
the top of your list. You need to guard against unscrupulous
competitors that may try to incorporate your domain name in
their meta tags to obtain search engine rankings under your
name. If you have a domain name trademark, you can go after
these individuals and compel the search engines to remove
their listings.

What Is A Trademark?

A trademark is a distinctive item that is used to identify a
logo, product, device, package or service. The trademark
identifies the item as being provided by a particular firm. To
protect these items you can obtain a mark from the patent and
trademark office that prohibits others from trying to gain
economic advantage from your mark.

Domain Name

The patent and trademark office views domain names in a unique
way. The office views the “http://www” element as a part of
the file transfer process, not your domain name. The “.com”,
“.net”, etc., designations are considered top-level domain
identifiers and are also disregarded for the purpose of a
domain name trademark. For example, our domain name is
http://www.sandiegobusinesslawfirm.com. If we submitted the
domain name for registration, only the
“sandiegobusinesslawfirm” portion would be considered for a
mark.

Locators Cannot Be Registered

A domain name is a locator for file pages. When you type in
your domain name, a server locates and displays files. If a
domain is used solely for this purpose, it will not be granted
a mark. Instead, the domain name must be incorporated into the
site. For instance, Amazon is recognized as an online
bookstore and the site actually has the word “Amazon” on every
page. Since “Amazon.com” is more than a locator, Amazon can
apply for and receive a trademark. If Amazon used the domain
name, bookstore.com, the company would be able to register
“Amazon”, but not “bookstore.”

Generic and Descriptive Terms

Domain names that are generic or descriptive in nature cannot
be registered because they fail to designate a distinctive
product or service. For example, “sandiegobusinesslawfirm” is
comprised of generic terms and describes who and where we are,
to wit, a San Diego business law firm. This domain name cannot
be trademarked. The same result would occur with bank.com,
book.com, advice.com, etc.

You may be thinking, “What about ‘Coke?’ “Coke” is a
trademarked term because it is a distinctive term for a soft
drink product. It just so happens that a brilliant marketing
plan has convinced most people to refer to soft drinks as
“cokes”, even if they actually prefer another brand!

Trademarks are an important factor in protecting your Internet
business. Armed with a trademark, you can keep competitors
from pulling traffic off the search engines when people search
for your site.

Richard Chapo is with http://www.sandiegobusinesslawfirm.com -
a law firm providing legal advice to California businesses.
This article is for general education purposes and does not
address every facet of the subject matter. Nothing in this
article creates an attorney-client relationship.

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Ways To Make Domain Name Investing Pay Off
By Jeff Alderson

The practice of domain name investing is becoming a popular choice for those who want to make money on the Internet. This investment practice is fairly easy to get involved with and can pay off very well for a small investment. It is important to understand how it works to be able to open the door for big returns.

Getting into domaining, as it is called, requires nothing more than buying domain names and parking them via parking services. The other option is selling these domains to other investors. The practice does take a little effort to master, but it can be well worth the effort. Financial returns from domaining come in one of two ways - resale value or ad revenue.

Starting out in domaining involves buying website names and having them registered and parked or reselling them to other investors. How much of a return an investor will make will depend on the traffic a particular domain name pulls in or how sought after the name tends to be by others.

There are a few methods to use for figuring out what types of domain names to register and buy. The most common are “type-ins” or “typos.” Typos are names that are similar to existing websites or brand name products. Typo sites receive traffic due to accidental “typos” people make in trying to reach other sites. This type of buying can get a little tricky, especially when trademarked names are being used though. Some domainers don’t feel the typo route is the best way to go for legality issues. Another route to take is to buy actual “type-ins.” These are domain names that are commonly used in web searches. For example, “organicdogfood” or other actual words that might be used in searches. This is considered by many to be more legitimate. Another option is buying formerly used domain names that have traffic or backlinks and simply parking them or reselling them.

The options for buying and selling domain names are many. Some investors choose to get their names in bulk from sites like Moniker.com and then research them at a later time to determine their money-making potential. Other buyers go to domaining forums like DNForum.com or DomainState.com These forums are designed for the buying and selling of domain names. On these sites, domains are traded and sold in much the same manner as real estate is in the “real world.” These sites do present some challenges though; it is up to buyers to figure out if a sale is legitimate. Not all deals work out. Some of these forums, however, do offer a ranking system for buyers and sellers to help with checking the integrity of a sale. Some buyers and sellers simply opt to use escrowing services to handle their deals to ensure they go through smoothly.

Arriving at the real value of a domain name can be the hardest part of this venture. The price and value tends to hinge on what a buyer believes a name is worth. Buyers can, however, request revenue and traffic reports in some cases to help them figure a fair price.

After domains have been secured, there are ways to really make them pay off financially with little effort involves. Parking service sites are the most common way to make this happen. Services like these let owners “park” their pages with little content on them. This means the pages will appear in web searches, but they won’t contain a lot of content. Although content doesn’t go with this deal, these pages can have text ads on them. This means the owner of the domain name will reap the advertising revenue if the sites are viewed and used. The other common option for making money is to sell the domains to those who want to develop or park them.

Parking services like Sedo and Parked.com have their own rules domainers must follow. Although these services do allow text ads on parked pages, they tend to frown on backlink generation. They expect that traffic that comes in will be of natural, organic means. Simply put, they want accidental hits, normal Internet searches or existing backlinks to drive traffic. If site owners do too much to generate traffic, their pages can be taken down.

Getting into domaining can be one of the easiest ways to make money via the Internet. It requires very little effort. Using this practice to its full potential will take a little time. Although some forms are not considered as legitimate as other, the overall business is one that works quite well for many people.

Jeff Alderson is a software developer and Internet marketer. He is an expert on PPC and SEO tactics. To boost profits, Jeff suggests using a keyword tool when doing any keyword research

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Domaining & Domain Names
By Rich Allebo

The conventional wisdom has typically been that single word domain names are the most valuable domain names to own. Most people take this as a basic truth. As a result, in the domain aftermarket, single word domain names are more valuable.

However, web searches have changed and by a majority, most people search with multiple words. Everything being equal, a search for “prefab steel building” is more likely to bring up http://steelbuildingprefab.com than a more generic single word site.

I suggest that 3, maybe even 4 word combinations are more valuable. For instance, http://bathingsuitsale.com should be more valuable for someone who actually sells bathing suits. The combination http://onlineacademicdegrees.com or http://graduateclassesonline.com are so specific to the subject matter that it should be uniquely valuable for someone in that business. In the same vein, one can see how any one of the following can be considered uniquely valuable. The theme should be clarity and specificity. In effect, the domain name that you select should be consistent with the keywords for you will be using so that your SEO efforts extend to the domain name.

In fact, I would argue even 4 word combinations might offer more value. Consider the following http://acidrefluxandheartburn.com, http://newandusedautosales.com - are all very specific to potential content for the underlying site. Someone who searches with the multiple search terms or related will most likely get these examples in the result than otherwise. It is clear that appraisers have to rethink how they valuate domains in light of how search has evolved.

R. Allebo is a long time domainer who shares his thoughts about the changing trends in the business.

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Claiming An Infringement On Your Domain Name
By Richard 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.

Protect yourself with a domain name purchase agreement from SanDiegoBusinessLawFirm.com

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Domain Name Trademarks
By Richard Chapo

As your Internet business grows, the value of your domain name
increases. The issue of a domain name trademark should move to
the top of your list. You need to guard against unscrupulous
competitors that may try to incorporate your domain name in
their meta tags to obtain search engine rankings under your
name. If you have a domain name trademark, you can go after
these individuals and compel the search engines to remove
their listings.

What Is A Trademark?

A trademark is a distinctive item that is used to identify a
logo, product, device, package or service. The trademark
identifies the item as being provided by a particular firm. To
protect these items you can obtain a mark from the patent and
trademark office that prohibits others from trying to gain
economic advantage from your mark.

Domain Name

The patent and trademark office views domain names in a unique
way. The office views the “http://www” element as a part of
the file transfer process, not your domain name. The “.com”,
“.net”, etc., designations are considered top-level domain
identifiers and are also disregarded for the purpose of a
domain name trademark. For example, our domain name is
http://www.sandiegobusinesslawfirm.com. If we submitted the
domain name for registration, only the
“sandiegobusinesslawfirm” portion would be considered for a
mark.

Locators Cannot Be Registered

A domain name is a locator for file pages. When you type in
your domain name, a server locates and displays files. If a
domain is used solely for this purpose, it will not be granted
a mark. Instead, the domain name must be incorporated into the
site. For instance, Amazon is recognized as an online
bookstore and the site actually has the word “Amazon” on every
page. Since “Amazon.com” is more than a locator, Amazon can
apply for and receive a trademark. If Amazon used the domain
name, bookstore.com, the company would be able to register
“Amazon”, but not “bookstore.”

Generic and Descriptive Terms

Domain names that are generic or descriptive in nature cannot
be registered because they fail to designate a distinctive
product or service. For example, “sandiegobusinesslawfirm” is
comprised of generic terms and describes who and where we are,
to wit, a San Diego business law firm. This domain name cannot
be trademarked. The same result would occur with bank.com,
book.com, advice.com, etc.

You may be thinking, “What about ‘Coke?’ “Coke” is a
trademarked term because it is a distinctive term for a soft
drink product. It just so happens that a brilliant marketing
plan has convinced most people to refer to soft drinks as
“cokes”, even if they actually prefer another brand!

Trademarks are an important factor in protecting your Internet
business. Armed with a trademark, you can keep competitors
from pulling traffic off the search engines when people search
for your site.

Richard Chapo is with http://www.sandiegobusinesslawfirm.com -
a law firm providing legal advice to California businesses.
This article is for general education purposes and does not
address every facet of the subject matter. Nothing in this
article creates an attorney-client relationship.

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Choosing the Right Domain Name
By Sean R Mize

After your site has been carefully designed and after it has been created, the next grueling task to do is to choose the perfect domain name that will match the content of your site and what it basically tells. In choosing a domain name, you need to basically assess any of your options. There must be an intelligent weighing of the various considerations in choosing the name before it gets to be registered. To help you out weed out the best option you have when choosing the right domain name, I have cited below some of the useful tips.

• When choosing a domain name, choose a name that has relevance on your site content. By doing this, you can make sure that the search term used by the net user can somehow get relevance on the content that are posted on your site.

• When choosing a domain name, choose a name that is specific. You do not want to be overly generalized as the search engine might find it difficult for your site to be searched, thus, will not be given the traffic it will want.

• When choosing a domain name, it is best that you come up with your combination of names to choose from and not rely on what seems to be copied forms from high selling and well-established domain names. You may seem to think that you get to ride on the popularity of the domain name when you somehow copied the name of that popular site, but in reality you will not be gaining any popularity because you will suffer the fate of becoming a second-class domain name.

• When choosing a domain name, choose a name that is search engine friendly. For one, to become a search engine friendly domain name, it must contain some relevant keywords on it. Search engines are driven by keywords, therefore, to be pleasing in the “eye” of the search engines, you have to give them the reasons to be one – be keyword conscious.

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Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.

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Just a short list for today, more in the next couple of days.

• Waved.us
• Warned.us
• Vestiges.us
• Beasties.info/us
• Beastly.us
• Barbarous.us
• Gluttons.org/info/us
• Gluttonous.org/info/us
• Swines.info/us
• Prognostic.us
• Harbingers.us
• Predicted.us
• Cautionary.org/us
• Sinker.us
• Sinkers.us
• Winked.us
• Monstrosities.org/info/us

Thanks again for looking!

Looking to register some one-word domain names?

Here are some that are currently available…

• Beastly.us/biz
• Brutish.org/us/tv/biz
• Piggish.org/info/us/tv/biz
• Swinish.org/info/us/tv/biz
• Projectile.us/tv
• Projectiles.info/us/tv/biz
• Explodes.us/tv/biz
• Grenades.tv/biz
• Materialisticlus/tv
• Roundish.org/info/us/tv/biz
• Roundlike.com/net/org/info/us/tv/biz
• Gormandizing.com/net/org/info/us/tv/biz
• Excessively.org/info/us/biz
• Ravenousness.org/info/us/biz
• Massing.us/biz
• Huddle.biz
• Stockpiles.us/biz
• Beaneries.net/org/info/us/tv/biz
• Crowding.org/info/us/biz
• Meaty.us/biz
• Meatier.net/org/info/us/biz
• Ponderous.info/us/biz
• Weighty.us/biz
• Lumps.biz
• Lumped.net/org/info/us/biz
• Lumping.us/biz
• Setters.biz
• Thickening.org/us/biz
• Thicker.us/biz
• Thickest.org/info/us/biz
• Slaughtered.info/biz
• Slaughtering.info/us/biz
• Smothered.us/biz
• Smothering.us
• Smotherer.com/net/org/info/us/biz
• Neutralize.us/biz 
• Massacred.net/org/info/us/biz

Hope some of these are of use.

Thanks!

One-Worders for today

• Mammalian.org/us/tv/biz
• Untamed.tv
• Bearcat.tv
• Gluttonous.org/info/tv/us/biz
• Unclean.us/biz
• Boorish.org/us/tv/biz
• Bombed.biz
• Bombers.tv
• Bombing.tv
• Chemically.us/tv/biz
• Powdered.us/tv
• Craved.us/biz
• Rapacity.org/us
• Huddle.biz
• Roundups.org/info/us/biz
• Throngs.info/us/biz
• Mustering.net/org/info/us/biz
• Cantinas.org/us/biz
• Concentrating.org/info/us/biz
• Hoards.org/info/us/biz
• Chunkiest.net/org/info/us/biz
• Chunkier.net/org/info/us/biz
• Inflating.net/org/info/us/biz
• Inflated.us/biz
• Paunchy.org/info/us/biz
• Heftiest.net/org/info/us/biz
• Heftier.net/org/info/us/biz
• Portlier.com/net/org/info/us/biz
• Fleshy.biz
• Snuffed.org/info/us/biz
• Sacrificed.biz
• Loppers.us/biz
• Hangings.us/biz
• Liquify.info/biz
• Lynched.us/biz
• Lynching.info/biz
• Lynchings.net/org/info/us/biz

Hope there is something you can use and thanks for stopping by.

Domain tools that claim to automatically calculate the value of a domain name without human assistance have been around for awhile and are generally not well thought of.  Here’s a different twist, here is a tool that claims to analyze a specific website and come up with a value of what a link on that site is worth.  Again, probably not the best way to evaluate the value of a link… but kind of fun to play around with.

Link Price Calculator 

Some one word domains still available to register as of right now.

• Cupidity.org/biz
• Eagerness.us/biz
• Eagerly.us/biz
• Edacity.info/us/biz
• Glutton.biz
• Gluttons.org/info/us/biz
• Gluttonous.org/info/us/biz
• Insatiableness.net/org/info/us/biz
• Piggish.org/info/us/biz
• Selfishness.biz
• Asphyxiate.biz
• Asphyxiated.biz/us
• Assassinate.biz
• Croak.us
• Crucify.biz
• Creamers.us/biz
• Chillier.net/org/info/us/biz
• Creameries.net/org/info/us/biz
• Assassinated.us/biz
• Dumpers.us/biz
• Eradicated.info/us/biz
• Executing.us/biz
• Guillotine.us
• Exterminated.info/us/biz
• Strangle.biz
• Sacrificial.info/us/biz
• Strangled.info/us/biz
• Stranglers.us/biz
• Strangler.us/biz
• Curdle.us/biz
• Gelatinize.com/net/org/info/us/biz
• Jellify.net/org/info/us/biz
• Lopper.us/biz
• Curdled.org/us/biz
• Curdles.net/org/info/us/biz
• Bulkier.net/org/info/us/biz
• Butterballs.org/info/us
• Distended.net/us
• Dumpy.us/biz
• Gargantuan.us/biz
• Pudgy.us
• Rotund.us/biz
• Weightier.net/org/info/us/biz
• Barred.us
• Canteens.biz
• Convocation.biz
• Congregate.biz
• Flocking.us
• Huddles.us/biz
• Huddling.org/info/us/biz

As usual, hope there is something that you can use there.