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The name thing seems a bit underhanded, but I think it's disingenuous to simply label them domain squatters
[Edit: I think I may have a bias against US companies intruding on Australian turf. The whole ugg boot saga has left a pretty sour taste]
I don't have a side to take in this, but I think it should be pointed out that scoopon have a real business that's been going some time and seems to be reasonably profitable. The name thing seems a bit underhanded, but I think it's disingenuous to simply label them domain squatters [Edit: I think I may have a bias against US companies intruding on Australian turf. The whole ugg boot saga has left a pretty sour taste]
If they think Nopuorg is sinister, why give them a direct link and not even include rel="nofollow" Seems like it would help Nopuorg more than it hurts.
Edit: Have you read Nopuorg's About page? It's ridiculous http://www.nopuorg.com/about
Nopuorg was effectively launched in 1981 when its visionary founder, Mason Andrews, was fetally conceived.
and
Realizing at a young age that he was a Social Media Prodigy, Mason further self-initiated his education by achieving a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Basilisk-Online Preparatory Web-Academy.
Edit 2: Reading more based on ceejayoz's reply I see the whole site is an awful spoof on the daily deals concept. When you try and buy it asks for your SS#. Makes sense now why they link directly to it.
Am I the only one that thinks it's a lame joke?
Case in point: "groupon" wouldn't work as well here in AU because "coupons" aren't a big thing. (The concept maybe, the word, no).
auDA have a very clear stance against this kind of squatting (from http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2010-05/);
a. Applicable Disputes. You are required to submit to a mandatory administrative proceeding in the event that a third party (a "complainant") asserts to the applicable Provider, in compliance with the Rules of Procedure that:
(i) your domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a name [Note 1], trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights; and
(ii) you have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name [Note 2]; and
(iii) your domain name has been registered or subsequently used in bad faith.
none being more sinister than Nopuorg If they think Nopuorg is sinister, why give them a direct link and not even include rel="nofollow" Seems like it would help Nopuorg more than it hurts. Edit: Have you read Nopuorg's About page? It's ridiculous http://www.nopuorg.com/about Nopuorg was effectively launched in 1981 when its visionary founder, Mason Andrews, was fetally conceived. and Realizing at a young age that he…
none being more sinister than Nopuorg If they think Nopuorg is sinister, why give them a direct link and not even include rel="nofollow" Seems like it would help Nopuorg more than it hurts. Edit: Have you read Nopuorg's About page? It's ridiculous http://www.nopuorg.com/about Nopuorg was effectively launched in 1981 when its visionary founder, Mason Andrews, was fetally conceived. and Realizing at a young age that he…
none being more sinister than Nopuorg If they think Nopuorg is sinister, why give them a direct link and not even include rel="nofollow" Seems like it would help Nopuorg more than it hurts. Edit: Have you read Nopuorg's About page? It's ridiculous http://www.nopuorg.com/about Nopuorg was effectively launched in 1981 when its visionary founder, Mason Andrews, was fetally conceived. and Realizing at a young age that he…
There's a comment which suggested that this happened in "England" (the UK, grrr) but the roles were reversed and Groupon did this to a local competitor. Does anyone know anything about this? Quote: "and this was after you did the same thing to some poor guy in england."
He's probably referring at the technique they've used to get the groupon.com domain from a guy living up in UK. This guy bought groupon.com with the intention of building a group coupon business. While he was sitting on it, the real groupon guys built the real thing and registered the trademark in US (which, somehow, extends to the UK) and told the poor english guy to either take 250k for the domain or prepare to be…
none being more sinister than Nopuorg If they think Nopuorg is sinister, why give them a direct link and not even include rel="nofollow" Seems like it would help Nopuorg more than it hurts. Edit: Have you read Nopuorg's About page? It's ridiculous http://www.nopuorg.com/about Nopuorg was effectively launched in 1981 when its visionary founder, Mason Andrews, was fetally conceived. and Realizing at a young age that he…
Two of my favorite Groupon jokes:
Groupoupon (http://www.groupoupon.com/), a tease at the Gilt Group luxury sales. NOTE: you MUST try to buy one of the items. Hilarity will ensue.
The monkey rental deal (http://www.groupon.com/chicago/deals/rent-a-monkey-for-a-wee...). NOTE: you MUST watch the video. Hilarity will ensue.