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Re: .edu.com domain
From: Dave Koontz <dkoontz () MBC EDU>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 19:58:57 -0400
Whoa, I just checked our domain on their site and it returns a completely different school! Our domain is mbc.edu - Mary Baldwin College (http://www.mbc.edu), yet when I access http://mbc.edu.com it returns "Morris Brown College" instead! I wonder if Morris Brown paid these guys to get the mbc.edu.com address? Should I turn this over to our legal team or contact this questionable company? Any tips on how I should proceed would be appreciated! PS: I've also noticed a very high number of 'spam' emails to our students from this organization over the last few weeks. --- Dave Koontz Associate Director CIS Mary Baldwin College Walter Bourne wrote:
It's possible to get 'off'. Try <http://msu.edu.com/> Our Admissions and Counsel are doing a cease-and-desist. ==Walter Bourne Columbia University IT Security & Policy --On Wednesday, April 05, 2006 15:55 -0500 Graham Toal <gtoal () utpa edu> wrote: : > I do not know if they actually forward : > the information, it appears the primary purpose is to harvest : > information for marketing. : : More likely harvest leads to sell back to the Universities. : And I would imagine if you don't advertise with them, : some rival university will be prominent when someone : stumbles on their site looking for you. : : Here's a good article on their business model: : : http://www.jayweintraub.com/2005/08/trends_report_a.html : : G
Current thread:
- .edu.com domain O'Callaghan, Daniel (Apr 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: .edu.com domain Gary Flynn (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain Steve Worona (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain Graham Toal (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain Walter Bourne (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain Al Arboleda (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain Pace, Guy (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain Dave Koontz (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain David Bruce (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain Valdis Kletnieks (Apr 05)
- Re: .edu.com domain David Etherton (Apr 06)
- Re: .edu.com domain Steve Worona (Apr 06)
- Re: .edu.com domain Sadler, Connie (Apr 06)
- Re: .edu.com domain Ken Connelly (Apr 06)
- Re: .edu.com domain William Weeks (Apr 06)
- Re: .edu.com domain James Meyers (Apr 06)
- Re: .edu.com domain Cavender, Terry (Apr 06)
- Re: .edu.com domain Ken Connelly (Apr 06)
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