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Status: (6) Mercedes
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 430
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Expertise: Fastlane Student
Locale: Austin, Texas
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Re: Domain name ownership question...
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Jul 22nd, 2008, 01:54 PM
#7 (permalink)
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As mentioned, I would get an alternative domain name similar to what MJ said. Best case you end up owning both, worst case end up owning one.
It's not too hard to get certain domains to come up when people search for certain keywords. You don't need the exact name, you just need to do work.
For example, Rich Jerk. He threatened to sue somone for using the words "Rich Jerk" in their domain name. So they changed the domain to circlejerkclan.com, and now that domain is #1 on Google and comes up higher in the results than the Rich Jerk website itself!
So if her name is Amy Smith and the record label owns the domain amysmith.com and wont give it back, it's not impossible to get the website amysmithonline.com to rank higher than the website amysmith.com
All the marketing material and such might say amysmith.com and the fans are used to amysmith.com, but you can slowly ween them off of it. The domain you want is currently pointed at YOUR MySpace page. You can mention on your MySpace page about the "new" domain name.
Either way, it's pretty easy to circumvent the record label's dirty tactic.
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