Nov
27
2009
Naymz has just announced the launch of a custom URL option. If you recall, this was one of the sites I listed on Page 210 under “Personal Branding Sites” in Google Bomb. This is very important to those digging the virtual mote around your reputation since you can optimize the page URL to the exact term you are trying to protect and thereby get a higher organic Google search result. For instance, I’ve just changed mine to /Dozier_Internet_Law. Now when someone searches on our law firm, this personal branding site, which is already in pretty good position with the other SEO tactics we have used on the profile, should move up in the standings.
Remember the other sites I have recommended: Linkedin.com, lookuppage.com, and ziggs.com. At Dozier Internet Law, we have tested these pretty extensively for our law firm and clients and they can be powerful reputation management tools.
Nov
25
2009
Here is the blog post from Dozier Internet Law on the issue: Dozier Internet Law.
Dozier Internet Law views this new law taking effect next week in North Carolina. as the broadest and strongest cyberbullying and cyberstalking law yet.
Look for legal challenges on constitutional issues. We’ll stay on top of it. In the meantime, if you are looking for your own state legislature to consider such a bill…here is a great model to work from.
And don’t forget what John W Dozier Jr, President and Founder of Dozier Internet Law, wrote about this subject in Google Bomb.
Nov
21
2009
In the Bill of Rights in Google Bomb, I discussed the need to expand traditional trademark protection to people’s names. This is a perfect example of a state in which they already did that, and the problem that now is going to be fixed because of it.
A competing law firm in Wisconsin was buying the personal names of Habush and Rottier, the name partners of its major competitor. When the Habush firm was searched on Google, a Cannon and Dunphy ad appeared as a first result.
Habush sued because Wisconsin has a commercial exploitation law that prohibits the use of the name of a living being for commercial purposes without permission.
This type of law is what I am calling for when I reference the need to expand traditional trademark protection and protect people’s names…particularly those who cannot get trademark protection. Let’s continue to hope for a return to strong privacy rights.
Nov
20
2009
The Google Bomb book has a lot of information about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the immunity it provides. Over at the Dozier Internet Law blog the latest developments are reviewed.
Dozier Internet Law continues to follow the rapidly increasing decay of this ancient relic that is, by far, the greatest enabler of online attacks. At least noise is coming from Washington about the law…almost a “we did what???” reaction once the effects of Section 230 are understood.
