nsood3
07-25-2007, 09:35 AM
Just a question to pick anyones brains that have had experience with this.
If someone opperates a website with a completely geographic domain name, such as one with a city name like newyork.com or one with a combination of city name and state name like losangelesca.com, are they within the law to do so?
Since it will matter what the site is about just assume that it is all about the city, designed to give visitors the most benefit. Subdomains may be added such as hotels.cityname.com which leads to a listing of various hotels in the city etc.
Also assume no products are sold, no reservations made, perhaps some advertising to cover costs but limited if any. Basicaly a solid site.
I've read several conflicting reports including some that say .info or .org are reserved for "official" city sites. Thoughts?
If someone opperates a website with a completely geographic domain name, such as one with a city name like newyork.com or one with a combination of city name and state name like losangelesca.com, are they within the law to do so?
Since it will matter what the site is about just assume that it is all about the city, designed to give visitors the most benefit. Subdomains may be added such as hotels.cityname.com which leads to a listing of various hotels in the city etc.
Also assume no products are sold, no reservations made, perhaps some advertising to cover costs but limited if any. Basicaly a solid site.
I've read several conflicting reports including some that say .info or .org are reserved for "official" city sites. Thoughts?