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		<title>Bought a competitors .net ... now what? How important is it to own all of your own mysite.??? domains?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  DefMall,
  &#160;
  That i]]></title>
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  DefMall,
  &#160;
  That is one of the reasons names are Trademarked.&#160; We won our case. As it`s been said before,&#160;it`s also the reason why no one should let any&#160;website developer or anyone else&#160;own their]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[You would do a 301 redirect (you]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[You would do a 301 redirect (you can search online for more info on how to do it) and it will redirect directly to the main site.
Good luck!]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  &lt;&lt;&#160;They would hav]]></title>
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  &lt;&lt;&#160;They would have lawyers to take care of what you`re trying to do.&#160; &gt;&gt;
  &#160;
  Absolutely untrue.
  The lawyers would only have a case if I was trying to pass myself off as the CocaCol]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[And that is the reason, companie]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[And that is the reason, companies purchase all the domain extensions they can.&#160; Why have something so available for someone else to snap up?&#160; And if the name is trademarked like Coca Cola you`d never be able to get away with using it anyway.&#160[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  I don`t thinnk it`s desperat]]></title>
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  I don`t thinnk it`s desperate. I`m not sure if it`s neccessary.
  I have a colleague who owns a .net business. HE made an error when he was a newbie building the site and did not buy the .com version.
  &#160;
  ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Have you made sure their name is]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Have you made sure their name isn`t Trademarked?


Very good question and point - I will research that today.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Have you made sure their name is]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Have you made sure their name isn`t Trademarked?
]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I already show up "above the fol]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I already show up "above the fold" for all of my important keywords with my site - I`m not really concerned about that.
But the name actually works quite well for a different but complimentary purpose.
OK - so buying the competito]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[If they own all&#160;the competi]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[If they own all&#160;the competitor domains, where, or how,..&#160;do you think you will show up in the search engines?&#160; What is your purpose?
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				<title><![CDATA[Old trick in the book, and a foo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Old trick in the book, and a foolish one indeed.
Quality over Quantity and you look desperate if you think you are going to actually take away business. Oh Boy, are they going to find out quick when your site lists just under them pretty much ]]></description>
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