While this may be true of "real words" I can see no reason why they are  
able to register misspelled words.

For example yahho.com.au. How can anyone provide a directory listing of  
a word that doesn't exist. I think that loose interpretation of the  
policy is going a bit too far in cases like these as they are blatant  
attempts at diverting traffic to their site and would in 99% of cases,  
if challenged, be awarded to the challenger.

I notice that yahho.com.au now redirects to au.yahoo.com.au however is  
still owned by goodbrook.

Ian


On Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 08:03 PM, Marty Drill - Domain Candy  
wrote:

> I have raised this issue with auDA (early Feb) and below was the  
> response to
> my enquiry about policy rules for companies registering an address  
> that they
> claim to provide a service for. The 2 examples I gave were common in  
> the
> public arena at the time and not necessarily reflective of my content
> tastes!
>
> My original enquiry related to http://www.mysearch.com.au/ owned by  
> AnSearch
>
> ____________
>> From auDA:
>
> With regards to the allocation, they have stated that it is a service  
> they
> provide and the service is a directory service.  So if you type
> desperatehousewives.com.au into the browser, it does actually come up  
> with a
> directory listing.  Same with parishilton.com.au.
> ____________
>
> So I suggest that the interpretation is that you can register a domain  
> as a
> service of your business, if it provides a service of finding the  
> content
> that you (user) are seeking.
>
> Cheers
>
> Marty
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AUDA LIST [mailto:auda206§bluedoor.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2005 7:23 PM
> To: dns§dotau.org
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Searcher twists name rules
>
> I must say I found this article quite interesting and somewhat  
> concerning
> especially considering the new changes that are coming into effect.
> What I would like to know is how they managed to register the domains  
> in the
> first place. Does this mean that anyone who runs a search engine has a  
> close
> connection to the entire dictionary. Maybe we can all have a fit of
> "youthful exuberance".
>
>>> "They didn't go very well, so we are concentrating on generic  
>>> names," he
> said <<
>
> Perhaps they will concentrate on geographical names next, I am sure  
> they
> qualify.
>
> Ian
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 09:34 AM, Deus Ex Machina wrote:
>
>>
>> http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/
>> 0,7204,12618818%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
>>
>> "Searcher twists name rules
>>
>>  WOULD-BE search king Ansearch has ruffled a few feathers among
>> Australia's top corporate brands by registering misspellings of
>> well-known internet domain names in an attempt to drive traffic to the
>> search engine."
>
>
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