Your domain name is a crucial part of your site promotion strategy. It’s in search engines, directories, parts of links from other sites, on your business card, and all over your print advertising. So what would happen if you lost it? The price could be quite high - in both time and money - to get it back.

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Your site’s up and running, so you don’t need to worry about your domain name, right? Think again. A few simple rules can help you get more value out of your site’s address.

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Many webmasters avoid using hyphens in domain names because visitors might get confused and enter the wrong URL. But some promotion experts claim that the potential for search engine success makes the hyphens worth the risk.

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As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, turf wars over domain names and uses of trademarked names on the web have become commonplace. With the advent of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and the implementation of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), trademark owners have taken domain name speculators, cybersquatters and even good-faith domain name users to court and to arbitration to determine trademark rights.

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Anne has been trying to put herself through school for the past two years by baking and selling her irresistibly delicious desserts. Her pies have won awards in numerous county fairs, her cookies were featured in a local public television spot, and demand for her healthy “Pineapple Down Under Cake” has come in from as far away as Australia. The desserts are so delicious that some have even alleged that they are aphrodisiacal in their appeal. Anne has decided to capitalize on the Internet’s ability to market her products worldwide at minimal cost, but is concerned with the legal aspects of domain names and trademark law.

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In order to know exactly when an expiring domain name will become available for re-registration by a new owner, you must understand the ‘Status’ of a domain as listed in the ‘whois’ database.

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