CYBERSQUATTING - The Problem

Cybersquatting, or registering a domain title in bad faith (usually a variation or mis-spelling of your domain name) an cause untold damage to a business and is a major problem on the Internet, where registering a domain is a quick and automated process. Legal recourse is costly and instant-consuming and not always efficient. Cybersquatting might occur in various guises:

1. Competitors - Any potential customer of yours taking your domain name wrong ends up as a customer of theirs!

2. Unhappy customers and (ex-) employees - All their complaints about you get posted, whether they are justified or not.

3. Opportunists - They set up pages that redirect you, or affiliate pages, commonly linked to pornography, in order to build lots of funds or to spread viruses. Other opportunists might try and sell these similar domains back to you at vastly inflated prices.

CYBERSQUATTING - The Solution

Registering multiple domain names might be expensive but many registrars allow a discount when buying 10 domain names or more. When you have these registered, ensure they all point to your existing internet site .

1. Register as many TLD (top level domain) variations as possible e.g. .com, .net. .co.uk etc