Re: .edu.com domain

[Graham Toal <gtoal () UTPA EDU>]

> 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