Yelp had it in their Developer Agreement which of course I didn't read and created iphoneReVu.com in a very timely manner.
I don't think Apple will be going after iphone url's since they haven't hit up on mac or ipod urls yet and the name quickly becomes the standard for such devices, kind of like Kleenex vs. Tissues. My main point for this thread was that I think people should advertise their sites as the .NET or .ORG if they are that TLD, to avoid confusion with the .COM site and thus possibly lower the value or reflect badly on the .COM. A great example is WHITEHOUSE.COM vs .GOV) The .COM is definitely Not Safe for Work and is probably the best example of a different TLD reflecting badly on another. Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to let it slide for now unless it reflects badly on my site. I contacted the developer and requested he add the .ORG, he refused (nice). On Sep 5, 9:26 pm, Randy Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think when you are starting out with a new company, if someone else > launches a website with your name in it, it may cripple you because > you may not yet be established. People won't know which one is you > and which one is the copy-cat. When you get as large as apple is, and > as well known as the iphone is, then that same scenario can be free > advertising and increase the public awareness of your brand and/or > product. > > -=Randy > > On Sep 5, 2007, at 6:17 PM, AwayBBL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm actually surprised that apple hasn't slapped all the folks with > > iphone in their domain names. > > > On Sep 5, 9:07 pm, Randy Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You were told to stop using the other domain because it had the Yelp > >> name in it. "Yelp" is no doubt trademarked. If you want the same > >> power over your name, get a lawyer and see what your options are for > >> protecting your name. > > >> Nowadays, with sooo many top level domain names, there doesn't seem > >> to > >> be any "way" a site "should" present itself, no matter what its TLD > >> is. > > >> -=Randy > > >> On Sep 5, 2007, at 5:47 PM, gregmcg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> I have a .COM site that is a blog geared towards the iPhone. > >>> Someone > >>> registered the .ORG site which is a blog geared toward the iPhone... > >>> Shouldn't the .ORG site plainly show that it's a .ORG in > >>> advertising, > >>> headers, etc. > > >>> I know that I made the conscious decision not to buy the .org > >>> or .net > >>> when I first registered, but it seems to me that the .net or .org > >>> should be posing as a .com. > > >>> It's a weird point, but I got nailed by Yelp to stop using > >>> iphoneyelp... now I feel that my sitename is being infringed upon by > >>> presenting itself as something other than a .org- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
