Comments on: What Are Your Biggest Reputation Management Questions? http://www.purposeweb.com/what-are-your-biggest-reputation-management-questions/ purpose driven web marketing Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fionndownhill http://www.purposeweb.com/what-are-your-biggest-reputation-management-questions/#comment-230 fionndownhill Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:34:59 +0000 http://www.reputationadvisor.com/?p=377#comment-230 Joseph, It is a regular site not wordpress. It is a deliberate SEO tactic to rank for the brand to drive traffic to their ads. I am meeting with an attorney to prepare for a presentation we are giving in the next week or two and I will definitely post what he says. Joseph, It is a regular site not wordpress. It is a deliberate SEO tactic to rank for the brand to drive traffic to their ads. I am meeting with an attorney to prepare for a presentation we are giving in the next week or two and I will definitely post what he says.

]]> By: fionndownhill http://www.purposeweb.com/what-are-your-biggest-reputation-management-questions/#comment-231 fionndownhill Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:33:09 +0000 http://www.reputationadvisor.com/?p=377#comment-231 That is great. Tell Andy I said hello. Although I just saw a tweet from him saying he was sad to leave PuBCon That is great. Tell Andy I said hello. Although I just saw a tweet from him saying he was sad to leave PuBCon

]]> By: Joseph Fiore http://www.purposeweb.com/what-are-your-biggest-reputation-management-questions/#comment-229 Joseph Fiore Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:49:26 +0000 http://www.reputationadvisor.com/?p=377#comment-229 @fiondownhill - are you referring to the way the url embeds within it the title/subject of the post? If so, this happens through what is referred to as an "SEO slug" - a plugin/feature that many blogs use these days for reasons relating to search engine optimization. <br><br>As in the case of this post, the title is "What Are Your Biggest Reputation Management Questions?", and Daniel could certainly confirm this, but the SEO plug for Wordpress would "automatically" remove the question mark used in the post's title (and other characters which could choke up search engines and syndication platforms that distribute content around the Web) as part of the technical process used by the blog software to publish/syndicate the post.<br><br>I've personally only ever seen examples of trademark infringing cases on on the subject of domains and in some unique cases of brand identities on popular social network platforms. I am not a legal expert nor should the information I'm sharing be construed as advice on IP law matters, however my opinion would be that because SEO slugs are a relatively accepted syndication standard in the social Web, and are really a reiteration of the post's title/subject, I am not sure it will be treated or regarded in the same way infringing on trademark through the act of domain registration, the inclusion of a logo in the post, or the registration of an account/profile on the social Web.<br><br>Like Daniel, I haven't seen any examples of content being removed from <a href="http://thepissedoffconsumer.com" rel="nofollow">thepissedoffconsumer.com</a>, notwithstanding the trademark implication. If you do however seek legal advise on the matter, and are told differently, please do post whatever findings you are able to disclose as this is a topic that I (and others who may stumble on this post) may be following with great interest.<br><br>Joseph<br>@RepuTrack @fiondownhill – are you referring to the way the url embeds within it the title/subject of the post? If so, this happens through what is referred to as an “SEO slug” – a plugin/feature that many blogs use these days for reasons relating to search engine optimization.

As in the case of this post, the title is “What Are Your Biggest Reputation Management Questions?”, and Daniel could certainly confirm this, but the SEO plug for WordPress would “automatically” remove the question mark used in the post's title (and other characters which could choke up search engines and syndication platforms that distribute content around the Web) as part of the technical process used by the blog software to publish/syndicate the post.

I've personally only ever seen examples of trademark infringing cases on on the subject of domains and in some unique cases of brand identities on popular social network platforms. I am not a legal expert nor should the information I'm sharing be construed as advice on IP law matters, however my opinion would be that because SEO slugs are a relatively accepted syndication standard in the social Web, and are really a reiteration of the post's title/subject, I am not sure it will be treated or regarded in the same way infringing on trademark through the act of domain registration, the inclusion of a logo in the post, or the registration of an account/profile on the social Web.

Like Daniel, I haven't seen any examples of content being removed from thepissedoffconsumer.com, notwithstanding the trademark implication. If you do however seek legal advise on the matter, and are told differently, please do post whatever findings you are able to disclose as this is a topic that I (and others who may stumble on this post) may be following with great interest.

Joseph
@RepuTrack

]]> By: marketnet http://www.purposeweb.com/what-are-your-biggest-reputation-management-questions/#comment-228 marketnet Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:10:52 +0000 http://www.reputationadvisor.com/?p=377#comment-228 I haven't personally tried to remove trademarked terms from <a href="http://pissedconsumer.com" rel="nofollow">pissedconsumer.com</a>, but I'm at PubCon South (Dallas) right now and I'll check with Andy Beal to see if he has any insight on the subject. I haven't personally tried to remove trademarked terms from pissedconsumer.com, but I'm at PubCon South (Dallas) right now and I'll check with Andy Beal to see if he has any insight on the subject.

]]> By: fionndownhill http://www.purposeweb.com/what-are-your-biggest-reputation-management-questions/#comment-227 fionndownhill Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:45:38 +0000 http://www.reputationadvisor.com/?p=377#comment-227 Has anybody has any dealings with <a href="http://pissedoffconsumer.com" rel="nofollow">pissedoffconsumer.com</a> They create a URL for each report with the trademarked term in the URL. I know there are little or no protections for trademarks online but before I tell my client to pay an IP attorney I would be interested to hear if anybody has had any experience with this. Has anybody has any dealings with pissedoffconsumer.com They create a URL for each report with the trademarked term in the URL. I know there are little or no protections for trademarks online but before I tell my client to pay an IP attorney I would be interested to hear if anybody has had any experience with this.

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