[WEB4LIB] Re: domain name squatters

[Roy Tennant]

Yeah, and I wonder how President Bush feels about 
<http://whitehouse.org/>.
Roy

On Jan 4, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Sue Kamm wrote:

>
> I guess one needs to register alternate domain names and have a 
> redirect to the correct one.  If you type "sandiegozoo.com," for 
> example, you get a referral to "sandiegozoo.org."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Scritchfield, Larry" <LScritch at MAIL.co.washoe.nv.us>
> Sent: Jan 4, 2005 1:53 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] domain name squatters
>
> I recently had a voicemail from a patron who couldn't locate our 
> library
> website. She said "I put in 'Washoe County Library' and I get
> http://www.washoecountylibrary.com/. None of the links on that page 
> are what
> I want though."
>
> Unfortunately she was so distraught by this that she neglected to 
> leave her
> phone number...
>
> I tried kingcountylibrary.com. Same sort of result. 
> jacksoncountylibrary.com
> is apparently too generic, but webercountylibrary.com and
> sonomacountylibrary.com (just to pick two) are occupied by 
> nameking.com.
>
> But hennepincountylibrary.com redirects to hclib.org. Is this due to
> foresight on their part, I wonder?
>
> It's old news that this kind of squatting happens. I just didn't think 
> it
> would happen to us. Shoulda registered a trademark or service mark, I 
> guess.
>
> Larry Scritchfield                       lscritch at mail.co.washoe.nv.us
> Internet Services Librarian                             (775) 327-8349
> Washoe County Library System                      www.washoe.lib.nv.us
>
>
>
> Your friendly CyberGoddess and Councilor-at-large,
> Sue Kamm
> Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA
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