Comments on: Guest article: Intermediair.nl accused of hijacking XING URL http://www.online-recruiting.net/2008/04/24/guest-article-intermediairnl-accused-of-hijacking-xing-url/ Der Internationale Jobbörsen Informations Blog - Personalwerbung im Internet Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:04:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Michel Rijnders http://www.online-recruiting.net/2008/04/24/guest-article-intermediairnl-accused-of-hijacking-xing-url/#comment-2473 Michel Rijnders Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:23:34 +0000 http://www.online-recruiting.net/2008/04/24/guest-article-intermediairnl-accused-of-hijacking-xing-url/#comment-2473 @Richard: the Monster.nl story is a bit different. .nl domains were reserved for / assigned to cities. The city (village) of Monster therefore got the sole right on the domain name monster.nl. There is nothing Monster coold have done against that. Interesting now is that the names changed and monster.nl isn't in use for Monster anymore. The question will be if they will keep the url monster.nl or that they let it expire or 'give' it to Monster.com. For Monster it is not that big of a problem becuase in the Netherlands everybody knows the job board by the name of Monsterboard.nl and less by Monster. @Richard: the Monster.nl story is a bit different. .nl domains were reserved for / assigned to cities. The city (village) of Monster therefore got the sole right on the domain name monster.nl. There is nothing Monster coold have done against that.

Interesting now is that the names changed and monster.nl isn’t in use for Monster anymore. The question will be if they will keep the url monster.nl or that they let it expire or ‘give’ it to Monster.com. For Monster it is not that big of a problem becuase in the Netherlands everybody knows the job board by the name of Monsterboard.nl and less by Monster.

]]> By: Richard Capilano http://www.online-recruiting.net/2008/04/24/guest-article-intermediairnl-accused-of-hijacking-xing-url/#comment-2470 Richard Capilano Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:04:37 +0000 http://www.online-recruiting.net/2008/04/24/guest-article-intermediairnl-accused-of-hijacking-xing-url/#comment-2470 First come, first serve: it will be interesting to see how this legal struggle will come out in the end. Talking about the importance of career site branding: even the big monster career site faces limitations on the dutch waterfront: just call http://www.monster.nl and see what you're getting.... Cheers, Richard First come, first serve: it will be interesting to see how this legal struggle will come out in the end. Talking about the importance of career site branding: even the big monster career site faces limitations on the dutch waterfront: just call http://www.monster.nl and see what you’re getting….
Cheers, Richard

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